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.

The brain is the organ of destiny. It holds within its humming mechanism secrets that will determine the future of the human race.

Brain surgery is a terrible profession. If I did not feel it will become different in my lifetime, I should hate it.

Rest, with nothing else, results in rust. It corrodes the mechanisms of the brain. The rhubarb that no one picks goes to seed.

Mind, brain, and body make the man, and the man is capable of so much!

Among the millions of nerve cells that clothe parts of the brain there runs a thread. It is the thread of time, the thread that has run through each succeeding wakeful hour of the individual.

The problem of neurology is to understand man himself.

The brain has not explained the mind fully.

It is fair to say that science provides no method of controlling the mind. Scientific work on the brain does not explain the mind-not yet.

To win in life, never forget to be content competing with yourself.

The world of reality has its limits

The English murder their meat twice: once when they shoot it, again when they cook it. 'Drôle, n'est-ce pas'?

First thought, best thought.

I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.

You lose only the things you have

In order to get to a healthier and more productive place, we need to give up our fear of conflict, turmoil and resistance.

Red wine is a great accompaniment to meat.

It's definitely scary to follow a book that's been turned into a Netflix series and found as much success as Girlboss did.

April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year.