Quotes on Behaviour

A theory of motivation is defective if it renders intelligible behaviour which is not intelligible.

Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy, and even the study of history would largely be useless. In effect, if the future actions of men having nothing in common with their past actions, our knowledge of them, although possibly satisfying our curiosity by way of an interesting story, would be entirely useless to us as a guide in life.

Our thinking and our behaviour are always in anticipation of a response. It is therefore fear-based.