To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you how its done Theology calls it building a conscience or developing a spirit of selflessness. Psychology calls it the growth of the superego. Considering how long society has been at it, you'd expect a better job. But the campaigns have been badly planned and the victory has never been secured.

To say that a man is sinful because he sins is to give an operational definition of sin. To say that he sins because he is sinful is to trace his behavior to a supposed inner trait. But whether or not a person engages in the kind of behavior called sinful depends upon circumstances which are not mentioned in either question. The sin assigned as an inner possession (the sin a person "knows") is to be found in a history of reinforcement.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.

The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion.

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.