“A person cannot direct his emotional life in the way he bids his motor system to reach for a cup. He cannot will himself to want the right thing or to love the right person or to be happy after a disappointment, or even to be happy in happy times. People lack this capacity not through a deficiency of discipline but because the jurisdiction of will is limited to the latest brain and to those functions within its purview. Emotional life can be influenced, but it cannot be commanded.” LoveHappinessEmotionsChoiceNeuroscience Of Free Will Book:A General Theory of Love Source: A General Theory of Love
“When trying to fathom an immense, intricate system, drawing direct arrows of causality between micro and macro-components is perilous. Which stock caused the crash of ’29? Which person triggered the outbreak of World War I? Which word of Poe’s “The Rave” suffuses it with an atmosphere of brooding melancholy?” LoveOversimplification Book:A General Theory of Love Source: A General Theory of Love
“One brain’s blueprint may promote joy more readily than most; in another, pessimism reigns. Whether happiness infuses or eludes a person depends, in part, on the DNA he has chanced to receive.” LoveNeuroscienceNature Vs NurturePredispositions Book:A General Theory of Love Source: A General Theory of Love
“Too many Americans are spurred to achieve, rather than to attach.” LoveAttachmentAmericansDysfunctional FamilyLack Of LoveEmotional NeglectFocus On SuccessOverachieverDysfunctional RelationshipsAttachment TraumaUnlovingOverachievementOverachieversAttachment Disorder Book:A General Theory of Love Source: A General Theory of Love
“I don't believe in God for the same reason that most people don't believe in Apollo or Zeus. ... God is just human beings' way of personifying an otherwise completely natural universe.” PeopleWayBelieveHumansReasonGodUniverseNaturalHuman BeingsDon't BelieveBelieve In GodApolloZeus Author:Thomas Lewis