Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Habit vs. Thinking
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it
a superficial appearance of being right.
- Thomas Paine,
[Likewise, A long habit of not thinking a thing right gives it
a superficial appearance of being wrong.]
A habit is something you can do without thinking -
which is why most of us have so many of them.
- Frank Howard Clark
The most dangerous phrase in the language is,
"We've always done it this way."
- Grace Hopper
What we call human nature in actuality is human habit.
- Jewel
What is it about sameness that so draws me,
and how could I begin to have
that same kind of attraction to change?
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Sadly, there is comfort in what we find familiar,
even when it causes us pain and suffering.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: Don't Be Too Sure
What You've Always Done
The Good Old Ways
Your Whole Toolkit
Jonathan
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