Quotes by Robert E. Ornstein - Page 1

Unconscious decisions for action go on constantly inside the head.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Action
Decision
Goes On
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The greatest surprise of human evolution may be that the highest form of selfishness is selflessness.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Motivational
May
Selfishness
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We're worse off than Freud thought, because many actions proceed without our knowing anything about them.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Action
Knowing
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Human inventiveness is overwhelming human adaptiveness. Our ability to judge lags behind our ability to create.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Judging
Lag
Resistance
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If you spend too much time being like everybody else, you decrease your chances of coming up with something different.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Chance
Different
Too Much
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To keep your resolve, surround yourself with those who want you to succeed. The brain cannot do its job of protecting the body without contact with other people.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Jobs
Brain
People
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New research shows that emotions have a separate system of nerve pathways, through the limbic system to the cortex, allowing emotional signals to avoid conscious control.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Emotional
Nerves
Pathways
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We have to shift our understanding of ourselves as separate individuals, each seeking our own welfare, to an understanding of how we fit into social, biological, and physical environments.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Environment
Fit
Understanding
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When the 'weaker' of the two brains (right and left) is stimulated and encouraged to work in cooperation with the stronger side, the end result is a great increase in overall ability and ... often five to ten times more effectiveness.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Creativity
Effectiveness
Two
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Society would not tolerate legislation declaring that the theory that the sun circles the earth be given equal time with the theory of a heliocentric solar system; it should not pay attention to the equally preposterous notions of scientific creationism
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Religion
Attention
Circles
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This duality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the conscious mind and the unconscious. There are moments in each of our lives when our verbal-intellect suggests one course, and our hearts, or intuition, another.
Robert E. Ornstein / Psychologist
Heart
Intuition
Passion
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