“cells originate not only from cells but also from living substance that does not have the structure of the cell.”
Source: The Origin of Cells
“it must be admitted that parallel with the division of the already formed cells there continued throughout the ages the development of cells from protoplasm, and living protoplasm, too, continued to be formed and to develop from inorganic matter”
Source: The Origin of Cells
“there is a countless number of the simplest formations, viruses, which evidently stand on the border-line between the living and the non-living.”
Source: The Origin of Cells
“Natural light deficiency is prevalent in the prison population.”
“The living cell is the most complex system of its size known to mankind. Its host of specialized molecules, many found nowhere else but within living material, are themselves already enormously complex. They execute a dance of exquisite fidelity, orchestrated with breathtaking precision. Vastly more elaborate than the most complicated ballet, the dance of life encompasses countless molecular performers in synergetic coordination. Yet this is a dance with no sign of a choreographer. No intelligent supervisor, no mystic force, no conscious controlling agency swings the molecules into place at the right time, chooses the appropriate players, closes the links, uncouples the partners, moves them on. The dance of life is spontaneous, self-sustaining, and self-creating.”
Source: The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life
“Exercise has a direct brain connection, when you consider what it actually does. What we tend to overlook are the feedback loops that connect the brain to every cell in the body. Therefore when you throw a ball, run on a treadmill, or jog along the shore, billions of cells are "seeing" the outside world. The chemicals transmitted form the brain are acting the way sense organs do, making contact with the outside world and offering stimulation from that world.
This is why the jump from being sedentary to doing a minimal amount of exercise - such as walking, light gardening, and climbing the stairs instead of taking the elevator - is so healthy. Your cells want to be part of the world.”
Source: Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
“Solitude is a sacred practice – a meeting with self, an anchor of fortitude in stillness”
Source: Meeting Self: How to Find Fortitude in Solitude
“I’ll put it to you simply: love is the enemy. That’s my conclusion. We should all live in our little monk cells and never venture out ...”
Source: The Coming Storm
“TP53 seems to encode the greater good, like a suicide pill in the mouth of a soldier that dissolves only when it detects evidence that he is about to mutiny.”
Source: Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
“Were it not for the melanin in our skin, myoglobin in our muscles and haemoglobin in our blood, we would be the colour of mitochondria. And, if this were so, we would change colour when we exercised or ran out of breath, so that you could tell how energized someone was from his or her colour.”
Source: The Energy of Life