“We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only...” — Iain McGilchrist Quote

“We have 26,000 genes. But a blind, millimetre-long roundworm with only 959 cells in total already has over 19,000.”

“I trained in medicine after pursuing an academic career in the humanities, mainly because of my interest in the relationship between mind and body, and between mind and brain.”

“Being uprooted from your own culture, provided you take with you the way of thinking and being that characterises the more integrated social culture from which you come, is not as disruptive to happiness and well-being as becoming part of a relatively fragmented culture.”

“I've rarely met a miserable, self-pitying blind person.”

“It's like a blind turn on a highway: You can't see what's coming, so you don't really know how to prepare.”

“Blind don't mean you can't, you know, listen.”