“What you hope for Is that at some point of the pointless journey, Indoors or out, and when you least expect it, Right in the middle of your stride, like that, So neatly that you never feel a thing, The kind assassin Sleep will draw a bead And blow your brains out.” FeelsKindSleepBrainJourneyMiddleDrawsBlowPointlessStrideAssassinsBeads Book:Collected Poems 1943-2004 Source: Collected Poems 1943-2004
“Journeys end in lovers' meeting.' ... But the real journey - the journey of adventure itself - is frequently another matter: often gray, often loverless, often demanding from the secret soul of the adventurer spirit and inspiration, lest the blood turn cold in sick dismay, and the brain cloud under its weight of nostalgia.” RealSoulEndsMatterInspirationSpiritTurnsSecretBrainBloodJourneyAdventureColdLoversSickWeightMeetingsCloudsNostalgiaGrayAdventurerDismayLovers Meeting Book:Max (EasyRead Comfort Edition) Source: Max (EasyRead Comfort Edition)
“Its my belief that you can take everyone down a logical path if you take them slowly enough, and the trouble is that mathematical brains can get scrambled a little bit on the way. You get a bad teacher, it messes you up for the rest of the journey.” IfsWayLittlesEnoughBeliefBitsBrainPathTeacherTroubleJourneyLittle BitMessMathematicalLogicalBad Teacher Author:Marcus du Sautoy
“My message is to forget about dichotomies. The Brain Opera is an opera, even if it does not tell a story in the usual way. It is a psychological journey with voices - so I do consider it an opera.” IfsWayDoeStoriesVoiceForgetBrainJourneyMessagesPsychologicalUsualOperaDichotomy Author:Tod Machover
“And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's thinking and decision-making is not in its brain at all. It's distributed. It's in its legs.” ThinkingDecisionWalksInterestingBrainJourneyWalkingLegsWanderDecision MakingHikingVery InterestingAntsTrekkingStrollingSauntering Author:Kevin Kelly
“I think that when you go on a shamanic journey, you're allowing yourself to have much more access to your unconscious or your sense of connection within the universe, whatever you want to call that. You've accessed places in your brain that you don't normally. You're still there - it's your brain. But you have access in a way that you normally don't. For me, doing that felt like being in a new environment.” ThinkingWayWantStillsUniverseFeltBrainEnvironmentJourneyGoes OnConnectionsAccessUnconsciousAllowingNew Environment Author:Amy Hardie
“For outlandish creatures like us, on our way to a heart, a brain, and courage, Bethlehem is not the end of our journey but only the beginning - not home but the place through which we must pass if ever we are to reach home at last.” IfsWayHeartEndsHomeLastsBrainJourneyCreaturesChristmasAdventBethlehemOutlandish Author:Frederick Buechner