Quotes
Quotes about Mind
We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold there. We're especially responsible for the one's we put there.
It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion. The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into every individual.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
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.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.
Shall I, to please another wine-sprung minde, Lose all mine own? God hath giv'n me a measure Short of His can and body; must I find A pain in that, wherein he finds a pleasure?
For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. Whereas what you mentally or "consciously" desire is nine times out of ten impossible; hitch your wagon to a star, or you will just stay where you are.
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise and shine Should seek internal excellence to win. And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind That where they meet they perish. All is fair When they are gone and nought remains behind.
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
A maiden born when Autumn leaves Are rustling in September's breeze, A Sapphire on her brow should bind, 'Twill cure diseases of the mind.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a chair, His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his head, His eyes on his dusty table, with different documents spread.
For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.
The technique and mind are just like the front and back of oneâs hand, meaning they are very closely related.
It has been said, in regard to a judo expert's level of mental development, that "the arms are an extension of the mind."
It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. [Lat., Sed tamen difficile dictu est, quantopere conciliat animos hominum comitas affabilitasque sermonis.]
Their cause I plead--plead it in heart and mind; A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.
And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.
He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.
Something made of nothing, tasting very sweet, A most delicious compound, with ingredients complete; But if as on occasion the heart and mind are sour, It has no great significance, it loses half its power.
