“How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive?” DreamLightQualityAliveHabitNoiseToneStink Book:Cannery Row Source: Cannery Row
“The everyday brain could be dubbed "the baseline brain," because it operates at the minimum functioning to keep you alive and healthy. It controls your heart rate, your blood pressure, your immune function, all of your subconscious impulses. That's not a minor role; the baseline brain is a marvel of complexity and efficiency. But too much of it is devoted to habits, old conditioning, unconscious reflexes, and lack of self-awareness.” HeartSelfBrainRolesToo MuchAliveBloodAwarenessHabitHealthyFunctionPressureSelf AwarenessEverydayRateImpulseComplexityUnconsciousDevotedMinorsEfficiencyMinimumSubconsciousConditioningImmuneReflexesBlood PressureHeart Rate Author:Deepak Chopra
“Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.” IfsHappinessLiteratureAliveHabitWalkingTrailsInsatiableUnafraidRutsIncessantly Book:A Backward Glance Source: A Backward Glance
“Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive ... one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in the big things, and happy in small ways.” IfsWayLongBigsPastAliveHabitIntellectualCuriosityUsualBig ThingsTrailsInsatiableUnafraidRutsIncessantlyDisintegrationIntellectual Curiosity Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edith Wharton (Illustrated)