“.. we are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them”
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
“Behavior is the outcome of the battle among internal systems.”
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
“Keep in mind that every single generation before us has worked under the assumption that they possessed all the major tools for understanding the universe, and they were all wrong, without exception.”
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
― Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
“Energy is the currency of the universe. When you “pay” attention to something, you buy that experience. So when you allow your consciousness to focus on someone or something that annoys you, you feed it your energy, and it reciprocates with the experience of being annoyed. Be selective in your focus because your attention feeds the energy of it and keeps it alive, not just within you, but in the collective consciousness as well.”
― Thirty: A Collection of Personal Quotes, Advice, and Lessons
― Thirty: A Collection of Personal Quotes, Advice, and Lessons
“...you couldn't ask a person to remain supportive through any crisis. If a man's wife were suddenly afflicted with a mental illness, it would be a sin for him to leave her, but a forgivable one. To stay would mean accepting a different kind of relationship, something not everyone was cut out for...
'Division by Zero”
― Stories of Your Life and Others
'Division by Zero”
― Stories of Your Life and Others
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