In spite of all these disquieting triumphs in the field of natural science, it's astonishing how little man has learned about himself, and how much there is to learn. How little we know about this brain which made social evolution… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
...I realized that there was a thrilling undiscovered country to be explored in the mechanisms of the mammalian nervous system. Through it, one might approach the mystery of the mind... — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race. — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Although the content of consciousness depends in large measure on neuronal activity, awareness itself does not.To me, it seems more and more reasonable to… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Rest, with nothing else, results in rust. It corrodes the mechanisms of the brain. The rhubarb that no one picks goes to seed. — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Among the millions of nerve cells that clothe parts of the brain there runs a thread. It is the thread of time, the thread… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
It is fair to say that science provides no method of controlling the mind. Scientific work on the brain does not explain the mind-not… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Brain surgery is a terrible profession. If I did not feel it will become different in my lifetime, I should hate it. — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Mind, brain, and body make the man, and the man is capable of so much! — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
In spite of all these disquieting triumphs in the field of natural science, it's astonishing how little man has learned about himself, and how… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
My plea to educators and parents is that they should give some thought to the nature of the brain of a child, for the… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
Canadian weather resembles a slightly spoiled beautiful girl with a good heart, but a bad disposition. After being horrid for much too long a… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
