People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.

Quote by Thomas Mann

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Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

There is something suspicious about music, gentlemen. I insist that she is, by her nature,...

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

The only religious way to think of death is as part and parcel of life.

It could become much worse.

It could become much worse.

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to...

The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

A man lives not only his personal life, as an individual, but also, consciously or...

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

I don't think anyone is thinking long-term now.

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

One must die to life in order to be utterly a creator.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality, the two basic ideas of democracy,...

Speech is civilization itself.

Speech is civilization itself.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...