Established Patterns Quotes

The point is that whatever one is trying to learn, it is necessary to have firsthand experience, rather than learning from books or from teachers or by merely conforming to an already established pattern.

I'm pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know.

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.

There are two kinds of taste, the taste for emotions of surprise and the taste for emotions of recognition.

We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to.

Knowing what to expect next gives children a sense of security.

I do like routines. Waking up the same time, go to bed the same time.

The most unendurable thing, to be sure, the really terrible thing, would be a life without habits, a life which continually required improvisation.

The greatest thing about form and convention is that it saves you from having to reinvent the wheel. Now, whether you mount the wheel to a horse carriage or a Formula One racing car, make it plain or give it spinning rims, those are all craft decisions. But the fact of the wheel remains: it will turn if you set it down. That's what I mean about the beauty of the gifts genre can offer.

Definitely routine is the bedrock of our relationship.