"We all woke up this morning and we had with it the amazing return of our conscious mind. We recovered minds with a complete sense of self and a complete sense of our own existence â€” yet we hardly ever pause to consider this wonder."

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Source : "The quest to understand the consciousness". TED Talks, www.ted.com. March, 2011.

Antonio Damasio

#Morning Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Self Quotes

“Sooner or later we will come to the edge of all that we can control and find life, waiting there for us.”
“I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.”
“I have to do what's right.”
“New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation.”

Source : Maureen Johnson (2014). “Scarlett Fever”, p.13, Hot Key Books
“There are three ways by which an individual can get wealth-by work, by gift, and by theft. And, clearly, the reasons why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.”
“There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet.”

Source : Koren Zailckas (2010). “Fury: True Tales of a Good Girl Gone Ballistic”, p.24, Penguin
“The real need of the day is ... moral and spiritual rearmament ... God's Living Spirit can transcend conflicting political systems, can reconcile order and freedom, can rekindle true patriotism, can unite all citizens in the service of the nation, and all nations in the service of mankind.”

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