Sébastien-Roch Nicolas (Nicolas Chamfort) Quotes

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas

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• Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.

  

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• Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies that generates consciousness, just as tones from individual instruments produce the rich, complex, & seamless sounds of a symphony orchestra.

  

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• Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.

  

  Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
  • Thinking
  • Inspiring
  • Miserable