Books Quote by Paul Kalanithi

“Reading great literature, it has long been averred, enlarges and improves us as human beings,” wrote Paul. “Brain science shows this claim is truer…

— Terry Marselle

“What makes human life meaningful?”

— Paul Kalanithi

“There was no sense to life, to the structure of things. D.H. Lawrence had known that. You needed love, but not the kind of…

— Charles Bukowski

“The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal needs.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“We have the power as individuals to create a different perspective. We can physically rewire our brains to see our work and lives in…

— Tina Hallis

“the brain's business is not to give us an accurate or objective view of the world, but to give us a useful view -…

— Robin Fox

“...there is no real advance in human reason, for what we gain in one direction we lose in another; for all minds start from…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Your mind is the basis of everything you experience and of every contribution you make to the lives of others. Given this fact, it…

— S.J. Scott

“For the activity of the mind is life”

— Aristotle

“Unlike any other organism in history, humans have a mind-body conflict: we have a body built for performance, but a brain that's always looking…

— Christopher McDougall

“Human life was rarely shapely, only intermittently meaningful, its clumsiness the inevitable consequence of the victory of content over form, of what and when…

— Salman Rushdie

“Running through the maze of life, you come across profound ambiguities and complexities. Yet the essence of living a meaningful life remains simple- following…

— Roopleen