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“Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.”
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“It does help to actually realize that however stunning the person who is, you know, fluttering eyelashes at you, she doesn't do anything to match up to your wife.”
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“Although many of us may think of ourselves as thinking creatures that feel, biologically we are feeling creatures that think”
Source : Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.26, Penguin
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“Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form?”
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“I'm providing myself to my children. I'm loving them unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally.”
Source : "Her side of the story". "Dateline" with Ann Curry, www.nbcnews.com. February 10, 2009. 
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“Parenthood brings profound pleasure and satisfactions--the unparalleled pleasure of caring so intensely for another human being, of watching growth, of reliving childhood, of seeing oneself in a new perspective, and of understanding more about life.”
Source : Ellen Galinsky (1987). “The Six Stages of Parenthood”, Da Capo Press
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“People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory.”
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“Failing to provide children adequate access to nutritious food not only endangers their emotional, physical and mental development, but it also puts all aspects of their future well-being at risk. The costs are too high when you short-change children.”
