“ Of course I contradict myself. Why else would I hold things in and put the fire out? Jennifer Tindugan-Adoviso
“ On Wednesday night, November 13, (1861), Lincoln went with Seward and Hay to McClellan's house. Told that the general was at a wedding, the three waited in the parlor for an hour. When McClellan arriv… Doris Kearns Goodwin
“ He wanted to take Homer Wells in his arms, and hug him, and kiss him, but he could only hope that Homer understood how much Dr. Larch's self-esteem was dependent on his self-control. John Irving
“ You’re wrong.”“I am?”“I thought things through this time around. I even managed to restrain myself.”Theo stared at her, incredulous. “You did.”“I thought about kicking him in the balls, but I didn’t.… Jess Schira
“ Sometimes, humanity surprises me with all its lack of control over the primordial urges. These innate urges are the biological traits that make us similar to the rest of the animal kingdom. But the mo… Abhijit Naskar
“ In the absence of self-control, this primordial nature of the limbic brain often compels the mind to give in to evils of corruption. Abhijit Naskar
“ Just as the earth that bears the man who tills and digs it, to bear those who speak ill of them, is a quality of the highest respect. Thiruvalluvar
“ The old 'qualities' of masculinity - a narrow focus on life, domestic incompetence signalling a mind on higher things, emotional reserve and acts of endurance - have become absurdities, signs more of… Rosalind Coward
“ One way or another we are all biased, but still we have the modern cortical capacity to choose whether or not to let the harmful biases dictate our behavior. Abhijit Naskar
