"The neurochemistry of the brain is astonishingly busy, the circuitry of a machine more wonderful than any devised by humans. But there is no evidence that its functioning is due to anything more than the 10 14 neural connections that build an elegant architecture of consciousness."

-- Carl Sagan

#Brain Quotes #Connections Quotes #Machines Quotes

“Everyone thinks their baby is a genius. People find it delightfully refreshing when I tell them, My baby? Totally average. Like, 100 percent average.”

Source : "Ryan Reynolds Is So Happy He Doesn't Have a Son, Hated Filming With Cats" by Ashley Lee, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 05, 2015.
“Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer's not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol. Go in fear of abstraction.”

Source : Ernest Fenollosa, Ezra Pound, Jonathan Stalling, Lucas Klein (2008). “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry: A Critical Edition”, p.9, Fordham Univ Press
“The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope â€” all reside within you.”
“True restoration takes patience, subtlety, skill, and grace.”
“The supreme maxim in scientific philosophising is this: wherever possible, logical constructions are to be substituted for inferred entities.”
“What do I like about Rangers?i like winning”
“What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.”
“Winners develop the habit of doing the thing losers don't like to do.”

Source : Tom Ward, Paul Gustavson, Ed Foreman (2013). “The Power of Living by Design”, p.33

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