Tom Oliver > Quotes

“William Blake once enthused: ‘If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to a man as infinite!’... Rushkoff responded: ‘We would be lost in that endless limitless expanse!”
― Tom Oliver, The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters

“five-a-day’... Connect with people...Take notice/be mindful...be active...learn something new... give and show kindness”
― Tom Oliver, The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters

“Free will may be an illusion...Neuroscientist Bruce Hood explains:
Choices...must be the culmination of...genetic inheritance, life experiences, current circumstances do planned goals... we are not aware of these influences because they are unconscious so we feel that the decision has been arrived independently”
― Tom Oliver, The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters

“Banish the illusion of independence...greater engagement with nature...as many nature lovers will attest...spending face-to-face time with friends and family”
― Tom Oliver, The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World

“Pro-environmental behaviours...follow from an attitude from greater connectedness with nature... When our sense of self-identify is integrated with the natural world then harming that world becomes in effect equivalent to self-harm.”
― Tom Oliver, The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters

“Look where you want to go, and the rest will follow.”
― Tom Oliver, Nothing Is Impossible: 7 Steps to Realize Your True Power and Maximize Your Results