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“The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.”

Long Sides Subjects Demand Reflection Clouds Intellect Leisure Thick Solitary Self Reflection Daily Business

Book:Short Studies on Great Subjects

Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects

“If you put your conditioned intellect to rest for a long time, suddenly it will be like the bottom falling out of a bucket - then you will naturally be happy and at peace.”

Ifs Long Fall Meditation Long Time Bottom Intellect Buckets

Author:Yuanwu Keqin

“As long as we relate with our underlying primordial intelligence and as long as we push ourselves a little, by jumping into the middle of situations, then intelligence arises automatically.”

Littles Long Situation Middle Intellect Arise Relate Jumping

Book:Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness

Source: Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness

“It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect of population size and growth is the contribution of additional people to our stock of useful knowledge. And this contribution is large enough in the long run to overcome all the costs of population growth.”

“Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer; there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness.”

Firsts Long Lasts Youth Instinct Intellect Surrender Skepticism Nobility Fidelity Discretion Shameful Chastity Ripeness

Book:The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word

Source: The Works of George Santayana: Scepticism and animal faith. Some meanings of the word

“Because it is a 'use it or lose it' brain, when we develop a map area [in the brain], we long to keep it activated. Just as our muscles become impatient for exercise if we've been sitting all day.”

Ifs Long Use Loses Brain Exercise Sitting Areas Intellect Muscles Maps Impatient Use It Or Lose It

Book:The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

Source: The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science