Oliver Sacks

To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our bodies, our thoughts, our feelings.

We are all, in a sense, patients. We are all, in a sense, doctors. We all have the capacity to heal ourselves, and each other.

The most important thing in medicine is to listen to the patient.

I have been a man of letters, a man of science, and a man of medicine. But above all, I have been a man of wonder.

Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional.

The brain is the most incredible thing in the universe.

I have always been a great believer in the power of stories.

We are not just brains, we are bodies too.

The past is not a package to be stored away, but a living, breathing part of who we are.

There is no such thing as a 'normal' brain.

The power of narrative is not just to entertain, but to heal.

The brain is an organ of story.

To live is to be touched, to be moved, to be affected.

The human brain is an amazing, complex, and mysterious organ.

We are all unique, and we all have our own stories to tell.

The world is full of wonders, and we should never stop exploring them.

The brain is not a computer; it is a garden.

I have spent my life trying to understand the human mind, and I am still learning.

The greatest gift we can give each other is our attention.

To be human is to be a storyteller.