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Touch seems to be such an important tool for enhancing social cooperation and affiliation that we have evolved a special physical route along which those subliminal feelings of social connection travel from skin to brain.

I don't want to offend nobody, and I don't rub anybody the wrong way. That's a part of growing up.

It's good to make your brain work more than your body.

I was always interested in curing the brain.

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

The ability to sympathize with those around us seems crucial to our survival, and it's connected to the mirroring functions of the brain.

Touching people is very rewarding to me.

I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.

I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.