Habit

Famous quotes containing the word habit:

“Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.”
—Salvador Dali (1904–1989)

“Negation is the mind’s first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us.”
—E.M. Cioran (b. 1911)

“A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman’s life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul’s highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.”
—George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)