“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”

“There would be something very, very empty and meaningless about [a] sort of life with no problems.”

“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies except love, and everybody loves.”

"If you're interested in human performance, what you want is something that's reliable and repeatable, and thus you want neurobiology because neurobiology gives you mechanism."

“We can have that fight for a 1,000 years, but we could have a shot at figuring out what we both need and noticing when there's opportunities to make that happen.”

What separates a disciplined life from a virtuous one? Psychologist Sarah Schnitker says the answer lies in your purpose.

“There's a very pervasive belief that human nature is fundamentally selfish, but I know for a fact that that can't be true in part because my life was saved by a stranger a long time ago when I was 19.”

“The public really doesn't realize that they are much closer to CIA spies than they think they are.”

"Virtually everything we're taught about sexuality for the first two decades of our lives is wrong."

“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, that is getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going, anybody can do that.”

Why do we fall in love with one person over another? The late biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher unpacks the evolutionary roots of romantic love, sex, and attachment.  Using research […]