Marshall Thompson

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“What have we learned so far about the human brain? It messes with memories, it jumps at shadows, it's terrified of harmless things, it screws with our diet, our sleeping, our movement, it convinces us we're brilliant when we're not, it makes up half the stuff we perceive, it gets us to do irrational things when emotional, it causes us to make friends incredibly quickly and turn on them in an instant.
A worrying list. What's even more worrying, it does all of this when it's working properly.”
― Dean Burnett, The Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head Is Really Up To

“The brain apparently thinks logic is a precious resource to be used only sparingly.”
― Dean Burnett, Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To