"Ninety percent of our lives is governed by……" — Alfred North Whitehead

Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion. Our brains merely… - Alfred North Whitehead

"Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion. Our brains merely register and act upon what is telegraphed to them by our bodily experience. Intellect is to emotion as our clothes are to our bodies; we could not very well have civilized life without clothes, but we would be in a poor way if we had only clothes without bodies."

— Alfred North Whitehead

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