We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. Read Summary
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. Read Summary
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Read Summary
We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. Read Summary
While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women. Read Summary
He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore. Read Summary
People react to fear, not love; they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's true. Read Summary
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. Read Summary
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. Read Summary
The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not from within, but from without. He is like a float tossed about by the waves of a turbulent sea. Read Summary
What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things. Read Summary
I just always wanted to study human behavior because every psychologist that I would talk to would tell me I was bipolar, and I know I'm not bipolar, so I had to perform a psychoanalysis on myself to find out that I have unresolved grief. Read Summary
People say I make strange choices, but they're not strange for me. My sickness is that I'm fascinated by human behavior, by what's underneath the surface, by the worlds inside people. Read Summary
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. Read Summary
Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel. Read Summary
People need motivation to do anything. I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Read Summary
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. Read Summary
If you treat people right they will treat you right... ninety percent of the time. Read Summary
Men often act knowingly against their interest. Read Summary
I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice. Read Summary