"Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills Over time, [meditators'] brains become finely tuned willpower machines."

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Source : "Why We're So Nice: We're Wired to Cooperate" by Natalie Angier, www.nytimes.com. July 23, 2002.

Kelly McGonigal

#Self Quotes #Skills Quotes #Brain Quotes

“The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.”
“There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.”
“It takes years to make an overnight success.”
“I was strong and tough enough and charming. / How else is a fat Jew lesbian poet gonna get by? / Listening to the radio, staying home, staying alone, like / they mean us to. / Who means you to be left out? / Who don't?”
“However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born.”
“I never use a telephoto lens. I need to be close to people. I need their complicity; I need them to be aware that I am there taking their picture. I hate paparazzi.”
“Procedure names should reflect what they do; function names should reflect what they return”
“Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.”

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