We are not conscious of most things until we ask ourselves questions about them.

In the traditionally taught view of perception, data from the sensorium pours into the brain, works its way up the sensory hierarchy, and makes itself seen, heard, smelled, tasted, felt - "perceived." But a closer examination of the data suggests this is incorrect. The brain is properly thought of as a mostly closed system that runs on its own internally generated activity.

The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass.

It turns out your conscious mind - the part you think of as you - is really the smallest part of what’s happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information.

The first thing we learn from studying our own circuitry is a simple lesson: most of what we do and think and feel is not under our conscious control.

It is only through us that God lives. When we abandon him, he dies.

Just like a good drama, the human brain runs on conflict.