We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go. John Eccles Read Quote
To the extent that we have a better understanding of the brain, we will have a richer appreciation of ourselves, of our fellow men and of society and, in fact, of the whole world and its problems. John Eccles Read Quote
A board constituted as the board of Sydney Hospital is constituted is not a suitable body to have control of an institute of medical research. John Eccles Read Quote
I can explain my body and my brain, but there’s something more. I can’t explain my own existence – what makes me a unique human being. John Eccles Read Quote
I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: ‘What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?’ John Eccles Read Quote
How we come to be, and how we are what we are, is beyond any understanding. I have been obsessed by this, trying to understand the very nature of my existence. John Eccles Read Quote
England was a delightful and stimulating place for a young academic, although by present standards, the laboratory facilities were primitive. There were almost no research grants and no secretarial assistance, even for Sherrington. John Eccles Read Quote
The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of information which is conveyed as impulses that are fired from other nerve cells along their axons. John Eccles Read Quote
I am passionately devoted to the study of life, and particularly to the higher forms of life. John Eccles Read Quote
