Quotes about mind




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"The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought. The Greek said, All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought."

Hamilton, Edith on mind    Share


"I am not a disbeliever in those who have told me they went to bed in the evening with an unsolved problem on their mind and woke up in the morning to find, waiting for them there in their consciousness, the correct answer."

Hanson, Dr. Jean on mind    Share

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides."

Hare, David on mind    Share

"Reprogramming the unconscious beliefs that block fuller awareness of creative/intuitive capabilities depends upon a key characteristic of the mind, namely that it responds to what is vividly imagined as though it were real experience."

Harman, Willis on mind    Share

"The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up."

Hazlitt, William on mind    Share

"The beauty of the human mind is that any decision that is made can be unmade."

Hendricks, Gay on mind    Share

"The mind never need stop growing. Indeed, one of the few experiences which never pall is the experience of watching one's own mind and how it produces new interests, responds to new stimuli, and develops new thoughts, apparently without effort and almost independently of one's own conscious control."

Highet, Gilbert on mind    Share

"Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive."

Hill, Napoleon on mind
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"There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge."

Hill, Napoleon on mind
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"A vacant mind invites dangerous inmates, as a deserted mansion tempts wandering outcasts to enter and take up their abode in its desolate apartments."

Hilliard, Nicholas on mind    Share

"A mind grows by what it feeds on."

Holland, Josiah Gilbert on mind    Share

"Our brains our seventy year clocks, the angel of life winds them up once and for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the angel of resurrection."

Holmes, Oliver Wendell on mind    Share

"Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep your mind even."

Horace on mind
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"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace."

Hubbard, Elbert on mind    Share

"Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

Irving, Washington on mind    Share

"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."

Jackson, Andrew on mind    Share

"I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability."

Jenner, Bruce on mind    Share

"The human brain is a wonderful organ. It starts to work as soon as you are born and doesn't stop until you get up to deliver a speech."

Jessel, George on mind
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"The true sound and strong mind is the one that can embrace equally great and small things."

Johnson on mind    Share

"Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them."

Johnson on mind    Share

"The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite."

Johnson, Gerald W. on mind
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"There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful."

Johnson, Samuel on mind    Share

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"The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight."

Joubert, Joseph on mind    Share

"Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering."

Jung, Carl on mind
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"Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong."

Kempis, Thomas on mind    Share

"The human mind is our fundamental resource."

Kennedy, John F. on mind    Share

"We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart."

King Jr. Martin Luther on mind
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"A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower."

Kipling, Rudyard on mind    Share

"Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on mind
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"The mind is always the patsy of the heart."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on mind    Share

"Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as you can change your beliefs."

Maltz, Maxwell on mind
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"This is where you will win the battle -- in the playhouse of your mind."

Maltz, Maxwell on mind
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"It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind."

Marden, Orison Swett on mind    Share

"The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness."

Maslow, Abraham H. on mind    Share

"We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets -- we remember only."

Miller, Henry on mind    Share

"The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts."

Miller, Henry on mind    Share

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

Milton, John on mind
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"Today, it takes more brains and effort to make out the income-tax form than it does to make the income."

Neuman, Alfred E. on mind    Share

"Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind."

Nightingale, Earl on mind    Share

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