We can only see what our brain’s filter allows through.

As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.

Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love of the Creator.

There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.

Love is, without a doubt, the basis of everything.

I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.

We - each of us - are intricately, irremovably connected to the larger universe.

Our spirit is not dependent on the brain or body. It is eternal, and no one has one sentence worth of hard evidence that it isn’t.

Physical life is characterized by defensiveness, whereas spiritual life is just the opposite.

A story-a true story-can heal as much as medicine can.

Time can be used to convert anything

Are you sure this isn’t crazy?” “Oh, I’m sure it is crazy. But isn’t that our thing? Or have you gotten boring now?

She asked me could I read and write. I told her, "Of course, and I can talk too.

It would be good for the workers in Vietnam even as it helps make sure that they're not undercutting competition here in the United States.

If elected, Hillary Clinton will be the least popular president to be elected in modern history. So there's going to be very little incentive on the part of Republicans to work with her.

Painting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.

It feels like getting a back massage from the Grim Reaper: one must get comfortable with the most horrifying things in the world.

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time.

I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.

The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.