24 Quotes by John Eccles

Many people, including myself, had our scientific lives changed by the inspiring new vision of science that Popper gave us.

I can explain my body and my brain, but there's something more. I can't explain my own existence - what makes me a unique human being.

I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self.

To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems.

To the brains of our predecessors we owe all of our inheritance of civilization and culture.

We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go.

The origin of each of us stems from codes of genetic inheritance.

Brain research is the ultimate problem confronting man.

England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington.