#behavior

It wasn’t that she necessarily wanted to “socialize” at the bonfire, but she wanted to broadcast to the general population that her antisocial behavior was a personal choice not a sentence to social leprosy. ↗

— J.D. Stroube

#behavior #bonfire #choice #cliques #horror

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts! ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#christmas #religion #religion

The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians: who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable. ↗

— Kevin Max

#christian #christian-behavior #jesus #lifestyle #jesus

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#christianity #pacifism #religion #christianity

Avery's tone was grand and high-pitched." And, since I've been hanging out with you, Dad's decided I'm on good behavior now." "Poor oblivious bastard," murmured Christian. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#christian-ozera #behavior

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#behavior

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#behavior

An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#frankl #meaning #viktor #behavior

it's not god who's fucked up, it's the screamers who say they believe in him and who claim to pursue their ends in his holy name. ↗

— John Irving

#zealots #behavior

I called. Why wasn't anyone here?"- Elena We were here." Clay said. "Around, anyway. You should have left a message." I did. Two hours ago." - Elena Well that explains it. I've been out, by the gate all day, waiting for you, and you know Jer never checks the machine."- Clayton I didn't know how Clay had known I was coming back today when I hadn't left a message. Nor did I question why he'd spent the entire day waiting at the gate. Clay's behavior couldn't be measured by human standard's of normalcy... or by any standards of normalcy at all. Bitten ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#behavior