Antonio Damasio

“We are not thinking machines that feel, we are feeling machines that think”

― Antonio Damasio

“We almost never think of the present, and when we do, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future.”

― Antonio Damasio

“The self is a repeatedly reconstructed biological state.”

― Antonio Damasio

"A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it."

― Antonio Damasio

"There is no such thing as a disembodied mind. The mind is implanted in the brain, and the brain is implanted in the body."

― Antonio Damasio

"Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking care of a danger, of taking care of an opportunity, either/or, or something in between."

― Antonio Damasio

"Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes."

― Antonio Damasio