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“What if I told you that the world around you, with its rich colors, textures, sounds, and scents is an illusion, a show put on for you by your brain? If you could perceive reality as it is, you would be shocked by its colorless, odorless, tasteless silence. Outside your brain, there is just energy and matter.”
― David Eagleman, The Brain: The Story of You

“Because self-control requires energy, which means we have less energy available for the next thing we need to do. And that’s why resisting temptation, making hard decisions, or taking initiative all seem to draw from the same well of energy. So willpower isn’t something that we just exercise – it’s something we deplete.”
― David Eagleman, The Brain: The Story of You

“You don’t perceive objects as they are. You perceive them as you are. Each”
― David Eagleman, The Brain: The Story of You

“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird