"Scott Fitzgerald said famously that 'he who invented consciousness would have a lot to be blamed for.' But he also forgot that without consciousness, he would have no access to true happiness or even the possibility of transcendence."

-- Antonio Damasio

#Brain Quotes #Scott Fitzgerald Quotes #True Happiness Quotes

“The coast's a jungle of Moors, Turks, Jews, renegades from all over Europe, sitting in palaces built from the sale of Christian slaves. There are twenty thousand men, women and children in the bagnios of Algiers alone. I am not going to make it twenty thousand and one because your mother didn't allow you to keep rabbits, or whatever is at the root of your unshakable fixation." "I had weasels instead," said Philippa shortly. "Good God," said Lymond, looking at her. "That explains a lot.”
“... America has amnesia. ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought. ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.”
“Before Fringe I was in Dirty Sexy Money playing Jeremy Darling who was this bratty New York socialite.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.”

Source : I. F. Stone (2009). “The Best of I.F. Stone”, p.155, PublicAffairs
“Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.”

Source : "Interview: Michael Morpurgo, Running Wild". Interview With Lisa Bower, www.altblackpool.co.uk. February 27, 2017.
“When I couldn't speak English, I loved silent films circa 1914-1929, Abel Gance being my favorite director.”
“I ran like a thing that runs.”
“When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not distracted by anything. It is the feeling of knowing exactly where you are and what you are doing.”

Source : Sakyong Mipham (2012). “Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind”, p.152, Harmony

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