Brainy Quotes Quotes - Page 10

Do not let the evil become our masters, but make the good reign upon the world.

Life changes therefore think of change when change is a must. Change such things which you have to change when you have to change things for the longer you think of changing things, the more things keep changing. The best tomorrow is today! Be swift and think of change!

Infinite patience, infinite purity and infinite perseverance are the key elements of achieving your desired goal.

Real atheist is not the one that does not believe in an imaginary big monkey, but the one that gives the imagination more importance than the reality.

Genes come together to construct a magnificent life-form, while neurons come together to form our Illusion of Consciousness.

All the calculus, quantum mechanics and languages in the world are worthless pieces of information, if they are not brought to the service of the society.

Violence only attacks the body, but it is non-violence that has the power to influence the soul and reshape it towards a peaceful future.

Any human action that goes against what is ordinary, is deemed as an anomaly.

Forget the Bible, the Quran, the Vedas, the Granth Sahib, and all the scriptures in the world. None of them will show you the Great Eternal Truth. None of them will show you the Kingdom of God, for the real Kingdom of the Ultimate Truth is inside your mind. It was born in you when you were born. And it will cease to exist when you die. Your mind is not merely the vehicle of God, rather it is the life-force that keeps God alive. Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God.

​Through ignorance a common man considers his own religion to be the best and makes much useless claims, but when his mind is illuminated by Self-Knowledge, all sectarian quarrels disappear.

Regardless of all our pretenses, deep within, we are still unconsciously the same old cave-people.

Women are no sheep.

Don’t ask for miracles. You are the living embodiment of all the miracles in the world.

Beauty is irrelevant to human life, especially in a relationship.

Harmony also is not a luxury, it is an evolutionary necessity, if we are to advance further. And harmony cannot be compromised for any book in the world, no matter how ancient, or who wrote it.

I am not an advocate for religion. I only advocate for sweet general harmony.

What you today perceive as beautiful and special, over time, becomes not so special. That’s how the human brain works.

The highest wisdom is to know that you know nothing.

No God, no messiah, no prophet can grant your wishes – it is only through your own efforts that you can make your wishes come true – it is only you who can grant your own wishes.

Style is art and fashion is everything. Personal expression should reflect the best of who you are and respected without being misunderstood.

Never waste your precious time in discussing the good and bad qualities of others.

Confidence of a dedicated person, seems to be over-confidence to ordinary masses.

When one attains self-knowledge, distinctions of race and religion vanish.

Christ did to the Jewish orthodoxy, what Buddha did to the Hindu orthodoxy.

If attempting to make the world a civilized one, makes you a bad woman in the eyes of the dumb patriarchal society, then, by all means, be it.

Religious unity does not come so easily. It is not a piece of pie, which you can buy in the shop. It takes sincere efforts from every single human being on this planet.

Your fate lies in your hands.

Only you can save yourself.

Education is not the amount of information that is pushed into the brain and causes havoc there, undigested all through a lifetime. Education must be a symposium of life-building, character- making and assimilation of ideas in the pursuit of building a more harmonious, peaceful and truly civilized world.

Crafting something unique and logical requires trust and mutual collaboration.

Neurons giveth and neurons taketh away.

Once you die, that’s it – game over. Death is the ultimate cessation of the individual Self.

The greatest Church is within you, and it is made of love, courage and conscience.

Every brain on your planet generates its own beliefs. Just imagine, around seven billion human brains are generating seven billion unique beliefs at this very moment. Now imagine, what would happen, if all those seven billion humans start imposing their own beliefs on each other. The only thing that is going to come out of such inhuman attempt is chaos and eventually mass extinction. So, the only way to avoid such a catastrophic consequence is to be more compassionate about people’s beliefs.

It is more practical to make people transform their mindset about religion and religiousness and walk in the path of creed-less religious harmony, than to convert the entire religious population on earth into atheists.

God is created by the brain and can also be destroyed by the brain. But this way ‘Love’ doesn’t exist either, because it also is the result of molecular interaction within the brain. Love is a result of complex and mind-blowing interactions between neurotransmitters like Oxytocin, Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins and the reward center of the brain. Does this mean we should downright stop loving our family or friends? Since there is no existence of actual ‘Love’, should we just deny what our heart feels for our beloved ones? Whatever the answer is, the same goes for the faith upon divine existence. Only one thing to remember – Love gives life, so should faith.

No human, no matter how ancient, or how popular, can be above the laws of Nature.

Mind and Soul are one and the same thing.

Truth does not need publicity, lies do.

Nanak wanted to preach people that God loves both the Hindus and the Muslims the same way. Believing in his spiritual encounter, he wanted to eliminate the distance between the Hindus and the Muslims by teaching the words of equality and One God. But just like usual, he ended up forming yet another religion which became more and more hardcore with its own rituals and regulations in the hands of the subsequent nine Gurus.

Salvation not shared, is salvation wasted.

In a society of thinking humanity, it should always be, humans first, and then Gods, Krishna or otherwise.

Conscience is not white, black or brown. Conscience is human. It is beyond race – it is beyond religion – it is beyond all sectarianism.

Fundamentalism not only fuels devastating acts of violence, but also all kinds of primitive prejudicial behaviors, such as Misogyny, Polygamy, Homophobia, and Islamophobia.

Your best day can always become a great day. Your attitude solely depends on this.

​The human brain creates everything that you are.

The conflicts between science and religion still remain in this day and age, because though most people understand what science means, they do not have a clue what religion means – and they do not even have a clue that they do not have a clue.

All great achievements of humanity begin with the madness of a few lion-hearts.

All these stories of Janamsakhi were like an artistic instrument that was yielded more to spread Nanak’s spiritual sovereignty as a mystical prophet than as an effective teacher in flesh and blood. In the midst of ignorance and mystical craving, they provided a simple method to guide people, or rather allure them to a newly formed religious path by sermonizing through stories of mystical non-sense.

Start working on your child’s mind. Start building your child’s character. Raise your child as a human being, instead of raising boys and girls. Raise human beings with the religion of love in their hearts. Raise human beings with the language of compassion on their lips. Raise human beings with the color of joy on their face. Raise human beings with the force of bravery in their nerves. And these brave conscientious souls with the flames of compassion in their hearts shall one day change the course of human history.

Progress of the human society is predicated upon the proper functioning of a key element of the human mind, that is reasoning.

Truth, independent of the Self, is irrelevant to the biological existence of human life.

Religions began as realization of the self, but ended up being retaliation against each other.

I am not a teacher of humanity, I am merely servant of humanity.

to live and leave indelible footprints, think of the rocks

Searching for truth without skepticism, is like having sex without a genital.

Usually the term phobia refers to the psychological fear of the human mind from something that poses a threat. But when a species starts using the term fear against a biological portion of itself, there is nothing more demeaning than this.

The human body is not necessarily a human being.

If you want to be drunk, become drunk with an idea. If you want pleasure, have pleasure from the pursuit of your passion. If you want to be indoctrinated, then be so by the natural law of humanism.

​As the neurobiology of our species gets more and more complicated, its functional expression, which we call the mind, shall get more vivid and productive.