“You must have birds in your heart, Madam, before you can find them in the bushes," said John Burroughs, the great naturalist, to a woman who complained that no birds ever came to her orchard, while he counted a score or more there, even while she uttered her plaint.”
― 7 Books on Prosperity & Success
― 7 Books on Prosperity & Success
“Men who are inferior to their fellow men, are always most anxious to establish their superiority over women.”
― Mary / The Wrongs of Woman
― Mary / The Wrongs of Woman
“Willpower is just another name for the idea of choosing long-term outcomes rather than short-term ones.”
― Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
― Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
“Present continuously becomes past, and by the time we take stock of it we are in another present, consumed with planning the future, which we do on the stepping-stones of the past. The present is never here. We are hopelessly late for consciousness.”
― Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
― Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain
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