Quote by Lewis Thomas
Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains

Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind. – Lewis Thomas

Other quotes by Lewis Thomas

The dilemma of modern medicine, and the underlying central flaw in medical education and, most of all, in the training of interns, is the irresistible drive to do something, anything. It is expected by patients and too often agreed to by their doctors, in the face of ignorance. – Lewis Thomas

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Education
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The great secret of medicine, known to doctors but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves. – Lewis Thomas

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Health
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I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known. – Lewis Thomas

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Science
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Music
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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. – Igor Stravinsky

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Music

I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&ampB, and the good classic rock. – Brett Favre

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Music

My music isnt anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rocknroll, and it has an urgency to it. – Neil Young

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Music

Im a Cancerian, the typical crab with the tough outer shell and the soft bit in the middle. I dont think Ill ever come to terms with people being unnecessarily nasty, but I can take it if someone doesnt like my music – Im not everyones cup of tea. – Katherine Jenkins

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Music

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I like to skip because I can’t help but smile when I’m skipping (either I’m too uncoordinated to frown and skip at the same time or else it’s a physical impossibility)! – Nancy, courtesy of iSkip.com

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There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Do not employ handsome servants. – Chinese Proverb

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It is not well to make great changes in old age. – Charles Spurgeon

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