Ondrej Ko

“the brain registers social pain in the same area of the brain and to the same degree as it does when it registers physical pain. We know from what we mentioned above that life-threatening situations trigger the amygdala and ‘limbic reactions’, and we also know that social pain and emotional pain can also trigger the same reactions to a lesser or greater degree.”
― Rachel Paling, Neurolanguage Coaching: Brain friendly language learning

“I strongly believe in the potential of all of us to learn and develop as individuals and that throughout our lives we should never stop learning, as we now understand that life-long learning actually shapes our brains. The important factor now is to enhance THE WAY we learn. As we connect more and more our understanding of the brain with how we as human beings learn, live and cohabit with each other, there is the hope that we will be able to understand how to shift forward into a new educational era: an educational era where learners are encouraged and supported at any age of their lives; where individuals are empowered and encouraged to be individualistic and to understand that everybody is different; where humans are able to apply lessons learnt to really support each other and to really live the vision of a harmonious, plentiful, peaceful life for all.”
― Rachel Paling, Neurolanguage Coaching: Brain friendly language learning

“Recognizing that forest ecosystems, like societies, have these elements of intelligence helps us leave behind old notions that they are inert, simple, linear, and predictable. Notions that have helped fuel the justification for rapid exploitation that has risked the future existence of creatures in the forest systems.”
― Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest

“take as much care of yourself as you can, and bring back all the news you can, and any old songs and tales you can come by.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring