"Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants."

-- Daniel Gilbert

#Eye Quotes #Brain Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Sometimes we can offer a cure, sometimes only a salve, sometimes not even that. But whatever we can offer, our interventions, and the risks and sacrifices they entail, are justified only if they serve the larger aims of a person's life. When we forget that, the suffering we inflict can be barbaric. When we remember it the good we do can be breathtaking.”

Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.136, Metropolitan Books
“All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better”
“The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.”
“I dont plan on stopping anytime soon.”
“And that Newman wasn't, and yet to me Pollock is just as radical and unlike Expressionism as Newman.”
“It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.”

Source : Scholastic Corporation Interview, teacher.scholastic.com. November 20, 1998.
“When the heart is touched by direct experience, the mind may be challenged to change.”
“Perhaps we could enjoy ordinary, everyday life more if we learned to celebrate the ordinary.”

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