"You use your brain much as you would use a radio crystal, you tune in different frequencies."

Cognition, Perception, Mind, Reality, Awareness

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"You use your brain much as you would use a radio crystal, you tune in different frequencies."

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"One lives and analyses data within a frame, unaware that the solution is most often just outside of that frame. Never underestimate the depth of your subjectivity."

Darrell Calkins, American Author

Cognition, Insight, Perspective, Thinking, Limit

"Not this in-between thing that Levi had, where his brain could catch the words but couldn't hold on to them."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

Cognition, Learning, Difficulty, Struggle, Mind

"Our minds have a great capacity for deception. This does not mean we are necessarily dishonest but if we are not careful, when our brains do not have answers, our minds will create them."

David W. Earle, American Author

Cognition, Deception, Mind, Awareness, Truth

"The concern of your brain is not to see the actual nature of reality, but to represent the reality to you in such a way that suits your needs."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Cognition, Truth, Wisdom, Perception, Power

"A single thought can shift your entire world."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

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"A circle drawn on a blackboard, a right triangle, a rhombus--all these are forms we can fully intuit; Ireneo could do the same with the stormy mane of a young colt, a small herd of cattle on a mountainside, a flickering fire and its uncountable ashes, and the many faces of a dead man at a wake. I have no idea how many stars he saw in the sky."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Cognition, Perception, Memory, Detail, Awareness

"The mind is a neural computer."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Cognition, Science, Mind, Knowledge, Technology

"But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Cognition, Humanity, Understanding, Self-Awareness

"The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic."

George Eliot, British Author

Cognition, Mind, Desire, Thought, Logic

"We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually."

Madeleine L'Engle, American Novelist

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"Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude."

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"When nothing else worked, we created a holistic, hand - tailored program that saved Pax's life. At Passages, he and I use what we learned in curing him to help others discover the roots of their addiction or alcoholism and break free."

Healing, Recovery, Addiction, Hope

"When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy."

Addiction, Stress, Trauma, Coping

"Zen is a journey of exploration and a way of living that, in and of itself, does not belong to any one religion or tradition. It is about experiencing life in the here and now and about removing the dualistic distinctions between 'I' and 'you' between 'subject' and 'objective', between our spiritual and our ordinary, everyday activities."

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"The word Universe is made up of two Latin words - uni (meaning 'one') and versus (meaning 'turned into'). It literally means 'one turned into."

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"What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose - and that purpose is to benefit you."

Destiny, Fate, Meaning, Life, Perception

"The events that occur in my life are workout situations. They are there for my benefit so I can become strong and gain wisdom and information by working my way through those situations."

Evolution, Growth, Struggle, Learning, Strength

"From this moment forward, I am in control of every situation. I will always know the exact right action to take, and this is so. I will now obtain vibrant good health. I will have the possessions I want, I now have the power and wisdom to bring this about, and this is so. I will have peace and harmony in my life. I will have love and abundance, and this is so. I now claim all these things for my own from this time forward."

Manifestation, Power, Thought, Faith

"To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing."

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"Although you may have never sat down and defined what your philosophy is, it is fully operative and working in your life at all times. It deals with what you believe about the world in which you live, about its people and events, about how you affect them."

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