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The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

by Iain McGilchrist (Goodreads Author)

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Book cover for MENTAL TOUGHNESS -train your brain -: Imрrоvе Fосuѕ, Brаin Ѕесrеtѕ, Реаk Реrfоrmаnсе, Hоw Сhаmрiоnѕ Think, Сritiсаl Thinking, Ѕеlf-Соnfidеnсе, Роwеrful Hаbitѕ, Mеntаl Rеѕiliеnсе Likе A Sраrtаn

MENTAL TOUGHNESS -train your brain -: Imрrоvе Fосuѕ, Brаin Ѕесrеtѕ, Реаk Реrfоrmаnсе, Hоw Сhаmрiоnѕ Think, Сritiсаl Thinking, Ѕеlf-Соnfidеnсе, Роwеrful Hаbitѕ, Mеntаl Rеѕiliеnсе Likе A Sраrtаn by G.S. Baker

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“...one should try to be one's own best friend and to give one's self, in this manner, distinguished company.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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“It was the tragic part of happiness; one's right was always made of the wrong of some one else.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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“To understand, I destroyed myself. To understand is to forget about loving. I know nothing more simultaneously false and telling than the statement by Leonardo da Vinci that we cannot love or hate something until we’ve understood it.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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“The more you know the more unhappy you are”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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“But you must remember that justice to a lovely being is after all a florid sort of sentiment.”
― Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady

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