Pastoral Resources

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.

Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.

Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living.

We tend to connect bad food and bad habits with romance and sex.

The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones.

Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house.

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another. Now, that which becomes popular in one country can sweep through others within months.

Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.

Poetry is one of the few nasty childhood habits I've managed to grow out of.

It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

Good habits are worth being fanatical about.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.

I got nasty habits; I take tea at three.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.

In order to change unwanted habits and actions, it is important to take the time to get to know yourself.

Long-lasting change that will help you create new habits and actions requires an inside-out approach, as well as two very important tools: the mirror and time.