Quotes about mind

"Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set."

Unknown, Source on mind
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"The blessing of an active mind, when it is in a good condition, is, that it not only employ itself, but is almost sure to be the means of giving wholesome employment to others."

Unknown, Source on mind   

"The brain is the only part of the human machine that doesn't wear out. Probably it's because the brain is the only part that is not overworked."

Unknown, Source on mind   

"The water we drink has to be purified, but look at the trash we feed our minds."

Unknown, Source on mind   

"The mind like a parachute functions only when open."

Unknown, Source on mind   

"What you THINK about reveals what you ARE. Sometimes we need to do a check-up from the neck-up."

Unknown, Source on mind   

"Mind moves matter."

Virgil on mind   

"Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe."

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt on mind   

"If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't."

Watson, Lyall on mind   

"Mind is the great lever of all things."

Webster, Daniel on mind   

"What is mind but motion in the intellectual sphere?"

Wilde, Oscar on mind
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"The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it."

Wilson, Colin on mind   

"You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned. And it is impossible to be in moral condition unless you are spiritually conditioned. I always told my players that our team condition depended on two factors -- how hard they worked on the floor during practice and how well they behaved between practices."

Wooden, John on mind   

"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery --always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?"

Woolf, Virginia on mind   

"Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe."

Woolf, Virginia on mind   

"Not Chaos, not the darkest pit of lowest Erebus, nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out by help of dreams --can breed such fear and awe as fall upon us often when we look into our Minds, into the Mind of Man."

Wordsworth, William on mind   

"I was trying to daydream, but my mind kept wandering."

Wright, Steven on mind
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"When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom."

Ashvaghosha on mind   

"For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness and peace."

Bhagavad Gita on mind
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"I've got to have a place where I can find peace of mind."

Diana, Princess of Wales on mind   

"A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe."

Dyer, Wayne on mind
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"Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions."

Jampolsky, Gerald G. on mind   

"Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others."

Jampolsky, Gerald G. on mind
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"There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior."

Lebowitz, Fran on mind   

"Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst."

Lin Yu-tang on mind
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"Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind."

Madwed, Sidney on mind   

"Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful."

Peale, Norman Vincent on mind   

"There is nothing so lovely and enduring in the regions which surround us, above and below, as the lasting peace of a mind centered in God."

Vasishtha, Yoga on mind   

"Before I judge anything, first I ask, is it true about myself?"

Dye, James on mind   

"Paradise is Where I Am."

Voltaire on mind
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"It is hard to show you the bigger picture when you don't have the right frame of mind."

Jvongard on mind   

"When you shine the light, darkness disappears. We may understand this as a kind of fight between light and darkness, but in reality, it is an embrace. Mindfulness, if practiced continuously, will be strong enough to embrace your fear or anger and transform it. We need not chase away evil. We can embrace and transform it in a nonviolent, nondualistic way."

Thich Nhat Hahn on mind   

"Your head is a lit chamber. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on mind   

"My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery - always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for? "

Woolf, Virginia on mind   

"Body and soul cannot be separated for purposes of treatment, for they are one and indivisible. Sick minds must be healed as well as sick bodies."

Miller, Dr. Jeff C on mind   

"“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”"

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on mind   

"Sometimes human places create inhuman monsters."

King, Stephen on mind   

"If you don't take time to actively garden your mind, it will run amok with noxious thoughts that leech off the nutrients within the soil of your mindscape."

Trean, A. Brandon on mind