The Wedge Quotes

“To my mind, the goal of life isn’t to live as long as possible, but rather to find our true selves as a reflection of the world that we inhabit. It’s to test our mettle and resolve as we race to make the most of the time we do have. Most”
― Scott Carney, The Wedge: Evolution, Consciousness, Stress and the Key to Human Resilience

“Even so, our nervous systems can really only issue two commands: tension or release. This is the interplay between the sympathetic and parasympathetic wiring. In a moment of crisis, we can engage all of our physical and emotional powers to combat the situation we’re in, or we can relax and let the chaotic forces do with us as they will. At some point our personal powers have limits. There’s only so much that any of us can do. In the battle of man versus nature, nature always wins.”
― Scott Carney, The Wedge: Evolution, Consciousness, Stress and the Key to Human Resilience