Franz Joseph Gall famous quotes

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The object of my researches is the brain. The cranium is only a faithful cast of the external surface of the brain, and is consequently but a minor part of the principal object.
-- Franz Joseph Gall

#Faithful #Brain #Research
Now I have demonstrated, that the convolutions of the brain are nothing but the peripheric expansion of the bundles of which it is composed; consequently the convolutions of the brain must be recognized as the parts in which the instincts, sentiments, propensities are exercised; and, in general the moral and intellectual forces.
-- Franz Joseph Gall

#Brain #Intellectual #Expansion
The fate of the physiology of the brain is independent of the truth and falsity of my assertions relative to the laws of the organization of the nervous system, in general, and of the brain in particular, just as the knowledge of the functions of a sense is independent of the knowledge of the structure of its apparatus.
-- Franz Joseph Gall

#Independent #Fate #Law
Whoever would not remain in complete ignorance of the resources which cause him to act; whoever would seize, at a single philosophical glance, the nature of man and animals, and their relations to external objects; whoever would establish, on the intellectual and moral functions, a solid doctrine of mental diseases, of the general and governing influence of the brain in the states of health and disease, should know, that it is indispensable, that the study of the organization of the brain should march side by side with that of its functions.
-- Franz Joseph Gall

#Philosophical #Ignorance #Men

The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you're loyal and faithful, they turn those against you. If you're passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears. Your weak weaknesses are no use to them.... They find the strongest weaknesses you didn't know were yours and use those against you.
Success is remaining faithful to the process God has laid out for you.
Brains first and then Hard Work.
Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
What a loverâ€™s heart knows let no manâ€™s brain dispute.
When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The brain doesn't have an answer, so all of a sudden there is silence.
I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Donâ€™t do market research.
Without animal research, polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year.
I am not really doing research, just trying to cultivate myself.

Franz Joseph Gall famous quotes

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