"Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival."

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Source : "Human Memory: Why Bad Memories Stick" by David Perlmutter, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 17, 2011.

David Perlmutter

#Track Quotes #Brain Quotes #Survival Quotes

“Poetic justice, poetic justice.. if I told you that a flower bloom in a dark room would you trust it. I mean I write poems in these songs.”
“America has made no reparation to the Vietnamese, nothing. We are the richest people in the world and they are among the poorest. We savaged them, though they had never hurt us, and we cannot find it in our hearts, our honor, to give them help-because the government of Vietnam is Communist. And perhaps because they won.”
“By the time writing was invented, the Greeks and Egyptians had already learned to extract opium from poppies to facilitate sleep.”

Source : Kat Duff (2014). “The Secret Life of Sleep”, p.84, Oneworld Publications
“I will have no Parsons around me but such as drink deep, ride to Hounds and caress the Wives and Daughters of their Parishioners.A Virtuous Parson does nothing to test or exercise the Faith of his Flock.”
“The Seconds that tick as the clock moves along Are Privates who march with a spirit so strong. The Minutes are Captains. The Hours of the day Are Officers brave, who lead on to the fray. So, remember, when tempted to loiter and dream You've an army at hand; your command is supreme; And question yourself, as it goes on review-- Had it helped in the fight with the best it could do?”
“In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.”
“I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. Thereâ€™s a whole new world in books. If you canâ€™t afford to travel, you travel mentally through reading. You can see anything and go any place you want to in reading.”
“The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.”

Source : Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.114, Sophia Institute Press

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