“I realized that there was a thrilling undiscovered country to be explored in the mechanisms of the mammalian nervous system. Through it, one might approach the mystery of the mind.”
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Inspired Quotes — page 52 of 313
“That’s what it was like to be alive. To move about in a cloud of ignorance; to go up and down trampling on the feelings of those...of those about you. To spend and waste time as though you had a million years. To be always at the mercy of one self-centered passion, or another. Now you know- that’s the happy existence you wanted to go back to. Ignorance and blindness. -Simon Stimson, OUR TOWN”
“Your biggest problem, is that you think the current problem you're facing is your problem”
“People who focus on what they can't control are usually depressed, frustrated, angry, overwhelmed and lost. Sure, there's no way to look at the world and say it's fair, even or just.”
“Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all. The mountains looks so big and my faith just seems so small.”
“When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. But when you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.”
“The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the people who believe what you believe. When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.”
“All broken relationships can be traced back to broken agreements”
“I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
“From tonight onwards, take complete control of your life. Decide, once and for all, to be the master of your fate. Run your own race. Discover your calling and you will start to experience the ecstasy of an inspired life.”
“Everything about yesterday has gone with yesterday. Today, it is needed to say new things.”
“If your life doesn't end in failure, you haven't reached high enough. So it was failure I had to achieve.”
“To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.”
“Every act of life, from the morning toothbrush to the friend at dinner, became an effort. I hated the night when I couldn't sleep and I hated the day because it went toward night.”
“I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.”
“No one can escape death and unhappiness. If people expect only happiness in life, they will be disappointed.”
“Much unhappiness has come from things left unsaid”
“The man who kills a man kills a man. The man who kills himself kills all men. As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.”
“Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.”
“That is the most extreme form of nihilism: nothingness (the "meaningless") eternally!”