Neurotheology Andrew Quotes & Sayings

Let menot, even inmyownmind, committheinjustice of taking a speck for the whole. — Maria Edgeworth

Fuck," he said. I couldn't have put it better myself. — Aldous Mercer

When we travel, we aim for the sublime. It's the ridiculous stuff, however, that we tend to treasure the most. — Erik Torkells

I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing! — Jack Vance

I leaned back on my palms, looking at the Milky Way spilling in modest grandeur across the sky. A fountain of stars frothing over, surrounded by a mist of stardust. It looked like raw magic, like the glimmer I'd spy in a shadowy corner where the sun skimmed off invisible particles, reminding me there was a whole hidden world tucked inside this ordinary one. And it was up there every night, offering its mute beauty while we sat here with our heads down, tragically terrestrial. — Leah Raeder

Through the newly emerged field of Neurotheology, Scientists such as Andrew Newberg, Michael Persinger, myself and a few others have already taken the first step from the side of Science, to diminish the gap between Science and Religion. Now it is time for Religion to do the same. And the moment any religion does that, the eternal battle between Science and Religion would slowly start to disperse. — Abhijit Naskar

Nymphomaniac: a woamn that has more sex than you. — Dossie Easton

My yearly goal is a closer walk with the Creator and a spiritual awaken of my soul. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be returned to society. In my case, the ability to allocate capital would have had little utility unless I lived in a rich, populous country in which enormous quantities of marketable securities were traded and were sometimes ridiculously mispriced. And fortunately for me, that describes the U.S. in the second half of the last century. — Warren Buffett

Only those who are brainwashed and fools
believe in the existence of a god.
Those who are indifferent just pretend. — A.J. Beirens

We can't tell you the origin of the experience. But we can tell you the brain does appear to be built to have these [mystical] experiences. There are examples of people reaching similar states, spontaneously. But for the most part, it takes work. Meditation and these powerful prayer experiences require dedication and practice. But people have figured out how to do this, and the question is, 'What is the source of that experience?' The answer is, 'We don't know.' Science doesn't really have an answer for you. — Andrew B. Newberg

When I was a kid, some of the guys would try to get me to hate white people for what they've been doing to Negroes, and for a while I tried real hard. But every time I got to hating them, some white guy would come along and mess the whole thing up. — Thelonious Monk