The conscious act of thinking about one's thoughts in a different way changes the very brain circuits that do that thinking.

We look harder for flaws in a study when we don't agree with its conclusions.

Arguing, after all, is less about seeking truth than about overcoming opposing views.

Like sand on the beach, the brain bears the footprints of the decisions we have made, the skills we have learned, the actions we have taken.

With modern parts atop old ones, the brain is like an iPod built around an eight-track cassette player.

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The mind, of course, is just what the brain does for a living.

The mind can store an estimated ioo trillion bits of information compared with which a computer's mere billions are virtually amnesiac.

The mind's cross indexing puts the best librarian to shame.

The mind can store an estimated ioo trillion bits of information-compared with which a computer's mere billions are virtually amnesiac.

The mind's cross-indexing puts the best librarian to shame.

The joy is in the climb. Appreciate the process. To build or perfect anything takes time and effort. That time and effort adds value. Embrace the journey.

I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like a conscience.

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

You have to know one big thing and stick with it. The leaders who had one very big idea and one very big commitment. This permitted them to create something. Those are the ones who leave a legacy.

Many times when people leave churches we think it's a doctrinal issue, but most of the time it's a leadership issue.

The head thinks, the hands labor, but it's the heart that laughs.

Every Librarian is a highly trained agent. An expert in intelligence, counterintelligence, Boolean searching, and hand-to-hand combat.

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor.

If you got something you don't want other people to know, keep it in your pocket.