The deep secret of the brain is that not only the spinal cord but the entire central nervous system works this way:… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
The complexion of a novelist is seldom rosy (Paul Bailey once announced to a heavy-hearted audience of novelists at PEN that we… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
In a world lit by data, street corners are painted with contextual information, automobiles can navigate autonomously, thermostats respond to patterns of… — John Battelle Copy Share Image
Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
When one has a decisive realization of the inherent nature of the mind, which has no ego, it has no sense of… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It… — Frank Shorter Copy Share Image
A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's… — Elise M. Boulding Copy Share Image
Drawing is more fun to me than writing. I think it's interesting to talk to different cartoonists about how those activities work… — Alison Bechdel Copy Share Image
It was really hard coming to terms with the Nazi history. Then in my twenties I was traveling to Germany. There was… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I think most American churchgoers are the soil that chokes the seed because of all the thorns. Thorns are anything that distracts… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
The perfection of joyful determination is defined as taking delight or feeling joy in doing something positive or virtuous. If you are… — Geshe Gyeltsen Copy Share Image
Sufis have always been those that have tried to purify the ethics of Islam and society. And they don't have their hands… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
A lot of association on the internet is highly constructive. There are people interacting, interchanging ideas, making plans, coordinating activities; take any… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We see that God has implanted in all things a natural desire to exist with the fullest measure of existence that is… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
My single young friends, we counsel you to channel your associations with the opposite sex into dating patterns that have the potential… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
Perhaps the nuclear physicists have come so near to the ultimate secrets that He thinks it time to bring their activities to… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I could do all of my activities at Howard because it was an environment that had essentially rid the ideology of false… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
I should think it takes a fairly low intellect to draw pleasure from the following activity: hitting a ball with a crooked… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
During my eleven years as a New York City public school teacher, I saw firsthand the impact that poverty has on the… — Sal Albanese Copy Share Image
Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the… — Simon LeVay Copy Share Image
Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
Learning is never aversive - usually we are not aware of it at all. It is failure to learn that is frustrating… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
The club that kills can drive a stake into the ground to hold a shelter. The hands that build bombs can be… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
The savage who loves himself, his wife and child with quiet joy and glows with limited activity of his tribe as for… — Johann Gottfried Herder Copy Share Image
If I were a place, the area of South Bank, in London. Between the Hayward Gallery, National Theatre and all other activities,… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The consumers are asking for, they lose their office. Their task is service to the consumer. Profit and loss are the instruments… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It's the first time an exoskeleton has been controlled by brain activity and offered feedback to the patients. Doing a demonstration in… — Miguel Nicolelis Copy Share Image
We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
I cannot accept concepts such as Gulenism or Gulenist. I was only a writer and an official preacher among people. I can… — Fethullah Gulen Copy Share Image
Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can… — James Carville Copy Share Image
Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get… — Thad Cochran Copy Share Image
Compassion and love constitute non-violence in action. They are the source of all spiritual qualities: forgiveness, tolerance, all the virtues. They give… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You can't manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about… — David Allen Copy Share Image
It is almost possible to say that there is a mathematical relationship between the beauty of his surroundings and the activity of… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
When they asked me, couldn't you give money out of the United Jewish Appeal funds for the rescue of Jews in Europe,… — Yitzhak Gruenbaum Copy Share Image
