Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a 'real' experience. In either case, it reacts automatically to… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
There is no fixed physical reality, no single perception of the world, just numerous ways of interpreting world views as dictated by… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
No actor has made a career of exerting determination to the extent that Matt Damon has. In the 'Bourne' movies, he burned… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Not only do hormones tell all the systems of your body what to do—kidneys, liver, metabolism, digestion, nervous system, reproductive organs—they also… — Alisa Vitti Copy Share Image
“The nervous system consumes more glucose than most other parts of the body, and effortful mental activity appears to be especially expensive… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“The role of the SNS is to create the fight-or-flight response, an effect that is balanced by the influences of the parasympathetic… — Catherine M. Pittman Copy Share Image
Torture takes over someone's nervous system. Torture takes over what they feel. Torture takes over and penetrates into their mind and into… — Mark Danner Copy Share Image
People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system.… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
The text moves like a small crustacean with compound eye and complex nervous system; throbbing, involuted, it becomes a parasite on a… — Nicole Brossard Copy Share Image
“The postures are only the "skin" of yoga. Hidden behind them are the "flesh and blood" of breath control and mental techniques… — Georg Feuerstein Copy Share Image
The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to… — Michael Merzenich Copy Share Image
All of the physical injuries are like souvenirs. But the emotional stuff is harder. When youre spending 17 straight days in a… — Ryan Reynolds Copy Share Image
“A child's (or an adult's) nervous system may detect danger or a threat to life when the child enters a new environment… — Stephen W. Porges Copy Share Image
You don't believe in God," I said to Stein. "God is a word banging around in the human nervous system. He exists… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
We need to take responsibility for the effect of our environment on our nervous systems, and particularly the nervous systems of our… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Be it remembered that man subsists upon the air more than upon his meat and drink; but no one can exist for… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The human brain is the most complex entity in the universe. It has between fifty and one hundred billion nerve cells, or… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“The many aspects of self are based on structures and processes spread throughout the brain and nervous system, and embedded in the… — Rick Hanson Copy Share Image
“Like stress, emotion is a concept we often invoke without a precise sense of its meaning. And, like stress, emotions have several… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“In addition, unconscious breathing is often quite ineffective, as are many other acts when they’re done without purpose or control. It’s estimated… — Cameron Stauth Copy Share Image
“Carbohydrates are not required in a healthy human diet. Another way to say this (as proponents of carbohydrate restriction have) is that… — Gary Taubes Copy Share Image
“Hi Tim, Patience. Far too soon to expect strength improvements. Strength improvements [for a movement like this] take a minimum of 6… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“The human brain, it has been said, is the most complexly organised structure in the universe and to appreciate this you just… — V.S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
“You mean the day they stop needing the church,” Vittoria challenged, moving toward him. “Doubt is your last shred of control. It… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“As someone whose days were defined by the ten thousand ways a human can hurt, she needed, now and then, to remember… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
“They are part of the nervous system because of the role calcium has in the working of neurons, and they are part… — Leslie Kaminoff Copy Share Image
“Letting go , is a way to allows room for peace & happiness. The last of the grudge an pain will drain… — Shaneika Marie Copy Share Image
The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
“We can pretend this never happened.” “Up to you.” He touched my cheek with his fingertips, and I felt like an electrical… — C.D. Reiss Copy Share Image
The programs I do with my trainer are amazing for overall strength and have a major focus on building my core. We… — Gretchen Bleiler Copy Share Image
The feet are loaded with nerve endings and are the key to balance - and I'm in the balance business. In fact,… — Laird Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'd just like to see thinking come back in style. I haven't heard a new idea in eight years. Let's get ordinary… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin,… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Poetry is the inner life of a culture, its nervous system, its deepest way of imagining the world. A culture that ignores… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
It's instinctive in a certain kind of painting...It's like a nervous system. It's not described, it's happening. The feeling is going on… — Cy Twombly Copy Share Image
The nervous system of any age or nation is its creative workers, its artists. And if that nervous system is profoundly disturbed… — Tennessee Williams 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,… — Wilder Penfield Copy Share Image
“Though I would have died rather than told anyone, I was worried my exuberant drug use had damaged my brain and my… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image