The self is a perpetually recreated neurobiological state.

We are not thinking machines that feel; rather, we are feeling machines that think.

More may have been learned about the brain and the mind in the 1990s - the so-called decade of the brain - than during the entire previous history of psychology and neuroscience.

A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it.

There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body.

I continue to be fascinated by the fact that feelings are not just the shady side of reason but that they help us to reach decisions as well.

Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason.

Consciousness begins when brains acquire the power, the simple power I must add, of telling a story.

The problem that we, as living organisms, face - and not we only, humans, but any living organism faces - is the management of life.

Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.

A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind.

She never imagined that at twenty years old she'd already be a widow in black. On the bright side, she was no longer married to Dario, but her future still looked grim.

Depression is real. It happens. We go through it. Hold onto yourself in those moments.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

In many ways, the church seems to hate evil more than it loves good or even God.

Many people think that patience is a sign of weakness. I think this is a mistake. It is anger that is a sign of weakness, whereas patience is a sign of strength

As for my personal politics, some people seem to think I'm some kind of archlibertarian, a hyper-conservative.

The direction in which we are moving is more important than where we are at the moment. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way.

I saw A Hard Day's Night 12 or 13 times.

I'm like a fine-tuned race car. You've got to make frequent pit stops when you drink as much tea as I do.

Although whenever you have intelligent life in the presence of large explosions, a safe bet is that the intelligent life is responsible for the large explosion.