My left brain is doing the best job it can with the information it has to work with. I need to remember,… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain. — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
I can choose to come into the world as my right brain personality, which is more compassionate, more open, more loving, and… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
The two hemispheres of the brain are two very different places and they don't share any cell bodies. They are completely separate… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
Emotion only lasts in our bodies for about 90 seconds. After that, the physical reaction dissipates, UNLESS our cognitive brain kicks in… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
If I can choose who I am in the moment, then I can choose to come in as my left brain personality… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
Most of the circuits in our brains run on automatic. The more you think a thought, the more energy goes into that… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
I realized, "Oh my gosh! I'm having a stroke!" And the next thing my brain says to me is, Wow! This is… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
Our right hemisphere, it thinks in pictures and it learns kinesthetically through the movement of our bodies. Information ... explodes into this… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
The left hemisphere is very interested in language; it communicates in words, it has a past, a present, and a future; it… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
In the course of four hours, I watched my brain completely deteriorate in its ability to process all information. On the morning… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
From watching my own mind deteriorate circuit by circuit, I learned that every ability I have, from wiggling my finger to creating… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
Most of the different types of cells in our body die and are replaced every few weeks or months. However, neurons, the… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm an advocate for whole brain thinking. I'm not an advocate for the right brain or the left brain. — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
I am the life-force power of the universe. I am the life-force power of the 50 trillion beautiful molecular geniuses that make up my… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
“In our own genetic profile, believe it or not, scientific evidence indicates that we humans share 99.4% of our total DNA sequences with the chimpanzee.” — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
“Although the statistics vary depending upon whom you ask, virtually everyone who is right handed (over 85% of the U.S. population) is left hemisphere… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
I really need people to take responsibility for the kind of energy they bring to me. — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
“Our visual field, the entire view of what we can see when we look out into the world, is divided into billions of tiny… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
Then it crosses my mind, ‘But I’m a very busy woman! I don’t have time for a stroke!’ — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
If I can choose who I am in the moment, then I can choose to come in as my left brain personality and all… — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
The two hemispheres of the brain are two very different places and they don't share any cell bodies. They are completely separate entities. — Jill Bolte Taylor Copy Share
