"The self is not a thing, but a process."

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Source : Thomas Metzinger (2010). “The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self”, p.208, Basic Books

Thomas Metzinger

#Self Quotes #Process Quotes

“The clear light of science teaches us that we must be our own saviors, if we are to be found worth saving.”
“What All The World Knows Water is the principle, or the element, of things. All things are water.”
“I am the American Dream. I am the epitome of what the American Dream basically said. It said you could come from anywhere and be anything you want in this country. That's exactly what I've done.”
“Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it...Only humans do that, wizard.”
“The elephant in the room time and time again when it comes to work and promotions is maternity leave. We need to work with businesses so they work with women and make it easy and supportive for them to come back into the workplace.”
“Its very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job which shows every sign of being easy, then you are a prisoner of effortlessness.”
“Lithium tweaks many mood-altering chemicals in the brain, and its effects are complicated. Most interesting, lithium seems to reset the bodyâ€™s circadian rhythm, its inner clock. In normal people, ambient conditions, especially the sun, dictate their humors and determine when they are tuckered out for the day. Theyâ€™re on a twenty-four-hour cycle. Bipolar people run on cycles independent of the sun. And run and run.”

Source : Sam Kean (2011). “The Disappearing Spoon...and other true tales from the Periodic Table”, p.252, Random House
“Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.”

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