"Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment."

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Source : G. Stanley Hall (2013). “Adolescence - Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, and Religion (1931)”, p.180, Read Books Ltd

G. Stanley Hall

#Men Quotes #Habit Quotes #Reflexes Quotes

“And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.”
“Amid all change, we desire something permanent; amid all variety, something stable; amid all progress, some central unity of life; something which deepens as we ascend; which roots itself as we advance; which grows more and more tenacious of the old, while becoming more and more open to the new.”

Source : james freeman clarke (1864). “the hour whic conveth and now is sermons preached in indiana place chapel boston”, p.114
“Many unbelievers have threatened or prophesied the destruction of the Bible. Few people know the names of the skeptics. Everyone knows the names of Moses and Isaiah and Luke and Paul.”
“In business life, that is, in its material processes, we eagerly accept the new. In social life, in all our social processes, we piously, valiantly, obdurately, maintain the old.”
“Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

Source : Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986
“Our Lord did not want to remain on earth only through His grace, His truth or His words; He remains in person. We possess the same Lord Jesus Christ Who lived in Judea, although under a different form of life. He has put on a sacramental garment, but He does not cease being Jesus, the Son of God and the Son of Mary.”
“There is always more in one of Ramanujan's formulae than meets the eye, as anyone who sets to work to verify those which look the easiest will soon discover. In some the interest lies very deep, in others comparatively near the surface; but there is not one which is not curious and entertaining.”
“Design has taken the place of what sailing used to be.”

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