Societies that empower women are less violent in every way.

Art works because it appeals to certain faculties of the mind. Music depends on details of the auditory system, painting and sculpture on the visual system. Poetry and literature depend on language.

Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?

All our behaviours are a result of neurophysiological activity in the brain. There is no reason to believe there is any magic going on.

I suspect music is auditory cheesecake, an exquisite confection crafted to tickle the sensitive spots of... our mental faculties.

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.

Thanks to the redundancy of language, yxx cxn xndxrstxnd whxt x xm wrxtxng xvxn xf x rxplxcx xll thx vxwxls wxth xn "x" (t gts lttl hrdr f y dn't vn kn whr th vwls r)

Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.

Plants can't very well defend themselves by their behavior, so they resort to chemical warfare, and plants are saturated with toxins and irritants to deter creatures like us who want to eat them.

I would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift.

Babies are born with the instinct to speak, the way spiders are born with the instinct to spin webs. You don't need to train babies to speak; they just do. But reading is different.

Planning is the process of identifying how best to use your resources to achieve your outcomes.

Some men prefer the heady tang of revenge to the comfort of cash.

From the perspective of meditation, every state is a special state, every moment a special moment.

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.

I'm ingrained in a lot of - almost too many - causes and struggles around the world because that's where I come from.

Today is today, and yesterday is gone. There is no doubt.

When the world looks at America, what it sees is an Israeli colony.

Happy Wednesday Fam! Dream BIG, live courageously, communicate honestly, be mindful, act with kindness, and SPREAD LOVE TODAY and EVERY DAY !

A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.