86 Quotes by David McRaney

Belief is a pretty fragile thing, which is probably why most people guard it so carefully.

Failing often is the only way to ever get the things you want out of life.

One of the greatest discoveries in recent years was to find that mirror neurons fire also when you do things. It is as if part of your brain is observing yourself as an outsider. You are a story you tell yourself.

What you see, recall, and feel emotionally is 100 percent created by chemical reactions in your braincase, and that means those things are susceptible to influence, editing, redacting, and all sorts of other ingredients that get added to consciousness when you construct reality out of inputs both external and internal.

In science, you move closer to the truth by seeking evidence to the contrary. Perhaps the same method should inform your opinions as well.