Richard Davidson Quotes
- Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness.
- I committed to doing everything I could to put compassion on the scientific map.
- Meditation gives you the wherewithal to pause, observe how easily the mind can exaggerate the severity of a setback, and resist getting drawn into the…
- Happiness and well-being are actually best regarded as skills.
- There are certainly beliefs in traditional Buddhism that conflict with basic principles of scientific understanding, .. We can't make sense of those beliefs in any…
- We can change the brain by changing the mind.
- I think the messiness and embodied nature of modern life just produces an enhanced signal for our attention.
- We need a different conception of happiness, more enduring and more genuine, not dependent on external circumstances.
- The key to a healthy life is having a healthy mind.
- In meditation you experience time slowing down because you can notice more things per discreet moment and you're more open... The word 'meditation' in Sanskrit…
- Buddhist monks have known for centuries that meditation can change the mind. Now we are inspired by His Holiness to examine with our technology the…
- The best way I can mentor and lead those around me is to embody these qualities myself.
- Our brain is continuously being shaped - we can take more responsibility for our own brain by cultivating positive influences.
- Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.
- Spatial working memory is impaired by stress.
- Resilience is the maintenance of high levels of positive affect and well-being in the face of adversity. It is not that resilient individuals never experience…
- The Dalai Lama challenged me - he said, 'Why can't you use technological tools to study kindness and compassion?
- We have no idea how the subjective quality of consciousness emerges from the physical stuff of the brain.