The Power of Time Perception Quotes

“Time is nothing but the speed at which we capture and process sensory information from the ever-changing world around us. The perceived speed of time is so much dependent on the speed at which our brain updates the content of our consciousness, i.e. the speed at which we experience the world.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“The slower your brain is at processing sensory information, the faster time seems to run, and vice versa’ How”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“As Erich Fromm put it, “Modern man thinks he loses something—time—when he does not do things quickly. Yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains—except kill it.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“The slower your brain is in processing sensory information, the faster time seems to run. This seemingly inverse relationship is important to understand why we sometimes experience time as speeding up or slowing down. So how fast are we actually processing reality?”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“to "act always as if the future of the universe depended on what you did, while laughing at yourself for thinking that whatever you do makes any difference.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“The brain’s auditory cortex, for instance, processes an audio signal from your ear faster than a visual signal is processed in the visual cortex. The difference is around 40 milliseconds, which is not much, but enough to justify using a gun for starting a race, instead of a light flash. The faster audio processing speed means that sprint runners react more quickly to a bang than to a flash of light.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“The universe does not know that you exist, does not care that you exist, and is not really interested in your desires. No matter how hard you think about something, it will not be yours if you do not do anything about it.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“Csíkszentmihályi, author of the book Flow, puts it well when he says: “The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times. The best moments usually occur when our minds are stretched to their limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“You can divide your money between things like clothes, a new car, or a fancy dinner, but you can spend your time on only one thing at a time.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“seems entirely irrational that many of us are willing to spend our time making more money, but are reluctant to spend more money on enjoying our time.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“Not having enough time becomes an excuse for not engaging in leisurely experiences, like a relaxing vacation, a quiet dinner, or a concert or theatre performance.”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception

“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries, we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades, we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it?” 1”
― Jean Paul Zogby, The Power of Time Perception