Quotes about Brain

I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking.

All the while your brain is performing up to ten quadrillion calculations per second using only ten watts of power.5 A computer would require a gigawatt of power produced by a nuclear power plant to pull off the same performance.

Knowledge is an exercise of your brain. Wisdom is the commitment of your heart that leads to transformation of your life.

The most important decisions we make in life are not made by post-Enlightenment left-brain rationality alone.

The brain is a goal-seeking organism. Setting a goal creates structural tension in your brain, which will seek to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be, who you are and who you want to become. If you don't set goals, your mind will become stagnant. Goal setting is good stewardship of your right-brain imagination. It's also great for your prayer life.

When I have fears that I may cease to beBefore my pen has glean'd my teeming brain.

It has been said that the great events of the world take place in the brain. It is in the brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also.

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the office.

60 percent of your brain is made from fat, specifically DHA.

Nevertheless, if someone has an empty brain—and because of this is vexed by insanity, and is delirious—take the whole grains of wheat and cook them in water. Remove these cooked grains from the water, and place them around his whole head, tying a cloth over them. His brain will be reinvigorated by their vital fluid, and he may recover his health and strength. Do this until he returns to his right mind.

Knowledge is an accurate understanding of truth. Wisdom is understanding and living in light of how that truth applies to the situations and relationships of your daily life. Knowledge is an exercise of your brain. Wisdom is the commitment of your heart that leads to transformation of your life.

I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick.