Human behavior

Murray says we are fragile creatures surrounded by a world of hostile facts. Facts threaten our happiness and security. The deeper we delve into the nature of things, the looser our structure may seem to become.

The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.” ​― James Baldwin

Anxiety is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far

Jodi Picoult

cannot find yourself by going into the past. You find yourself by coming into the present.

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” - Rumi

Because the brain mediates our experience of the world, any neurosurgical problem forces a patient and family, ideally with a doctor as a guide, to answer this question: What makes life meaningful enough to go on living?

advantaged groups, Jost and his colleagues concluded: “People who suffer the most from a given state of affairs are paradoxically the least likely to question, challenge, reject, or change it.”