Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE, FRCP (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist...
Music is...a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine. Oliver Sacks
Music is...a fundamental way of expressing our humanity - and it is often our best medicine.
Waking consciousness is dreaming – but dreaming constrained by external reality Oliver Sacks
Waking consciousness is dreaming – but dreaming constrained by external reality
We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination. Oliver Sacks
We see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well. And seeing with the brain is often called imagination.
Music is part of being human. Oliver Sacks
Music is part of being human.
Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge ocean of movement Oliver Sacks
Much more of the brain is devoted to movement than to language. Language is only a little thing sitting on top of this huge ocean of movement
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
We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think. Speech is a part of thought.
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
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.
My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me. Oliver Sacks
My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.
The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication. Oliver Sacks
The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication.
I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over. Oliver Sacks
I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
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
In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.