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Oliver Sacks Quotes

There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient Picture Quote #1

Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of its own, and this took the form of musical hallucinations, mostly musical memories from her earlier life. The brain needed to stay incessantly active, and if it was not getting its usual stimulation..., it would create its own stimulation in the form of hallucinations Picture Quote #1

A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore, replace or compensate for and to preserve its identity, however strange the means may be Picture Quote #1

Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design Picture Quote #1

Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation Picture Quote #1

We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought Picture Quote #1

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Psychotic hallucinations, whether they are visual or vocal, they address you. They accuse you. They seduce you. They humiliate you. They jeer at you. You interact with them Picture Quote #1

Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes Picture Quote #1

Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination Picture Quote #1

Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure Picture Quote #1

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life Picture Quote #1

My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me Picture Quote #1

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There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients Picture Quote #1

It really is a very odd business that all of us, to varying degrees, have music in our heads Picture Quote #1

We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination Picture Quote #1

Recovery was not to be seen as a smooth slope, but as a series of radical steps, each inconceivable, impossible, from the step below Picture Quote #1

Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are almost nonexistent Picture Quote #1

If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to Picture Quote #1

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In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases theyre not Picture Quote #1

I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know Picture Quote #1

I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in the act of painting at a time when they are scarcely responsive, disoriented, and out of it Picture Quote #1

I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over Picture Quote #1

Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love Picture Quote #1

People will make a life in their own terms, whether they are deaf or colorblind or autistic or whatever. And their world will be quite as rich and interesting and full as our world Picture Quote #1

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I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions Picture Quote #1

If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm heart to the world Picture Quote #1

Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds Picture Quote #1

It is up to me now to choose how to live out the months that remain to me Picture Quote #1

I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers Picture Quote #1

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There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of its own, and this took the form of musical hallucinations, mostly musical memories from her earlier life. The brain needed to stay incessantly active, and if it was not getting its usual stimulation..., it would create its own stimulation in the form of hallucinations (Oliver Sacks Quotes) A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore, replace or compensate for and to preserve its identity, however strange the means may be (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Nature gropes and blunders and performs the crudest acts. There is no steady advance upward. There is no design (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation (Oliver Sacks Quotes) We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Psychotic hallucinations, whether they are visual or vocal, they address you. They accuse you. They seduce you. They humiliate you. They jeer at you. You interact with them (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Language, that most human invention, can enable what, in principle, should not be possible. It can allow all of us, even the congenitally blind, to see with another person’s eyes (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure (Oliver Sacks Quotes) In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life (Oliver Sacks Quotes) My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me (Oliver Sacks Quotes) There is among doctors, in acute hospitals at least, a presumption of stupidity in their patients (Oliver Sacks Quotes) It really is a very odd business that all of us, to varying degrees, have music in our heads (Oliver Sacks Quotes) We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Recovery was not to be seen as a smooth slope, but as a series of radical steps, each inconceivable, impossible, from the step below (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are almost nonexistent (Oliver Sacks Quotes) If migraine patients have a common and legitimate second complaint besides their migraines, it is that they have not been listened to by physicians. Looked at, investigated, drugged, charged, but not listened to (Oliver Sacks Quotes) In general, people are afraid to acknowledge hallucinations because they immediately see them as a sign of something awful happening to the brain, whereas in most cases theyre not (Oliver Sacks Quotes) I was always the youngest boy in my class at high school. I have retained this feeling of being the youngest, even though now I am almost the oldest person I know (Oliver Sacks Quotes) I have often seen quite demented patients recognize and respond vividly to paintings and delight in the act of painting at a time when they are scarcely responsive, disoriented, and out of it (Oliver Sacks Quotes) I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Sign language is the equal of speech, lending itself equally to the rigorous and the poetic, to philosophical analysis or to making love (Oliver Sacks Quotes) People will make a life in their own terms, whether they are deaf or colorblind or autistic or whatever. And their world will be quite as rich and interesting and full as our world (Oliver Sacks Quotes) I am a man of vehement disposition, with violent enthusiasms, and extreme immoderation in all my passions (Oliver Sacks Quotes) If we have youth, beauty, blessed gifts, strength, if we find fame, fortune, favor, fulfillment, it is easy to be nice, to turn a warm heart to the world (Oliver Sacks Quotes) Memory is dialogic and arises not only from direct experience but from the intercourse of many minds (Oliver Sacks Quotes) It is up to me now to choose how to live out the months that remain to me (Oliver Sacks Quotes) I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved; I have been given much and I have given something in return; I have read and traveled and thought and written. I have had an intercourse with the world, the special intercourse of writers and readers (Oliver Sacks Quotes)

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