You are more likely to believe that a statement is true if you have heard it before - whether or not it is actually true.

What we find is that our brains have colossal things happening in them all the time.

Every atom in your body is the same quark in different places at the same moment in time.

Instead of reality being passively recorded by the brain, it is actively constructed by it.

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.

The first lesson about trusting your senses is: don't. Just because you believe something to be true, just because you know it's true, that doesn't mean it is true.

It turns out your conscious mind - the part you think of as you - is really the smallest part of what’s happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information.

There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing.

Love was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles.

We don't really understand most of what's happening in the cosmos. Is there any afterlife? Who knows.

Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia - hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city.

It's alright to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.

My exercise regime is a mix of gymming, marital arts, sports, etc.

Emotion is the best mnemonic device.

Our success as consultants will depend upon the essential rightness of the advice we give and our capacity for convincing those in authority that it is good.

All people are different. That's why everybody should be treated the same.

Never lower your target ; increase your actions.

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

the power of beauty:what must the world be like for ugly women?

Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

Art isn't a science or a job; it's alive.