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title: "5 Center Brain Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Anything that activates the joy center in the brain makes you happy, and therefore protects you. Oddly enough, that's what they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-siberry/anything-that-activates-the-joy-center-in-the-brain-makes-you-happy/)

[Jane Siberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-siberry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/jane-siberry-13813_brain_anything-that-activates-the-joy-center-i_663746.png)

> [“THE CENTER OF THE BRAIN IS THE THIRD EYE.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-santi/the-center-of-the-brain-is-the-third-eye/)

[DAVE SANTI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-santi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/dave-santi-19231_meditation-quotes_the-center-of-the-brain-is-the-third-eye_1567475.jpg)

> [ “After \[Paul\] Schilder mentioned that he had treated a schizophrenic teenager with psychoanalysis because the “sex center” and “fear center” of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-silberman/after-paul-schilder-mentioned-that-he-had-treated-a-schizophrenic/)

[Steve Silberman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-silberman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/steve-silberman-69835_fear_after-paul-schilder-mentioned-that-he-ha_1586731.jpg)

> [“The Seeking system was discovered when the psychologists James Olds and Peter Milner implanted an electrode into the middle of a rat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/the-seeking-system-was-discovered-when-the-psychologists-james-olds/)

[Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ed/steven-pinker-526_quote_the-seeking-system-was-discovered-when-t_1853610.jpg)

> [There's a booming, rotating, never sleeping city in the center of my brain and no body can come in and I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/halsey/there-s-a-booming-rotating-never-sleeping-city-in-the-center-of-my/)

[Halsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/halsey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/halsey-28169_another-way_there-s-a-booming-rotating-never-sleepin_2723239.jpg)

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