“I’m not used to seeing people’s faces. There’s too much information there. Aren’t you aware of it? Too much, too fast.”


“The more you realize, the more you realize there is nothing to realize,” she said. “The idea that there’s somewhere we have got to get to, and something we have to attain, is our basic delusion.”
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

“One’s desire to be alone, biologists have found, is partially genetic and to some degree measurable. If you have low levels of the pituitary peptide oxytocin—sometimes called the master chemical of sociability—and high quantities of the hormone vasopressin, which may suppress your need for affection, you tend to require fewer interpersonal relationships.”
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
― The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
“Thus, in education we need to encourage productive seeking as much as the satisfaction of goals achieved.”
― The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance
― The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance
“teachers should have two goals: All students are able to connect new learning to their prior knowledge and experiences. All teachers relate new learning to students' everyday lives and culture.”
― The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance
― The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance
“Cognitive psychologists have long suggested that people fit into different learning styles, yet neuroscience does not support this notion (Sousa & Tomlinson, 2011).”
― The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance
― The Motivated Brain: Improving Student Attention, Engagement, and Perseverance
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