Quotes
Quotes about Mind
The heart is the first feature of working minds. -Frank Lloyd Wright.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. -Thomas Paine.
If you begin the day with love in your heart, peace in your nerves, and truth in your mind, you not only benefit by their presence but also bring them to others, to your family and friends, and to all those whose destiny draws across your path that day. -Unknown-.
My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed! -Anne Sullivan.
Outstanding leaders appeal to the hearts of their followers - not their minds. -Unknown.
The mind forgets but the heart always remembers. -Anon.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
The hippies had in mind something that they wanted, and were calling it "freedom," but in the final analysis "freedom" is a purely negative goal. It just says something is bad. Hippies weren't really offering any alternatives other than colorful short-term ones, and some of these were looking more and more like pure degeneracy. Degeneracy can be fun but it's hard to keep up as a serious lifetime occupation.
Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.
The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.
Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind. [Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]
Give me, kind Heaven, a private station, A mind serene for contemplation: Title and profit I resign; The post of honor shall be mine.
Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too: Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel Is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul.
Cease, every joy, to glimmer in my mind, But leave,--oh! leave the light of Hope behind!
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. -Vaclav Havel.
One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.
It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.
Is anything besides the mind ever boggled?
Irony is the hygiene of the mind.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.
Indolence is the sleep of the mind. [Fr., L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.]
