My Mind Quotes

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it.

I do belong to Jersey. There's no doubt about that in my mind. They have been so loyal and so good to me, how could I possibly belong any place else?

Before one can become a magician he must learn to control his own mind; for mind is the substance with which the magician acts, and the power to control it is the beginning of magic.

Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times...

It is perhaps just dawning on five or six minds that physics, too, is only an interpretation and exegesis of the world (to suit us, if I may say so!) and not a world-explanation.

I'll walk up to a woman, I'll say the first thing that comes to mind: 'Hey, you hungry?'

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind, covetousness, hatred and error.

All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind.

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.

A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.

There being in the make of an English mind a certain gloom and eagerness, which carries to the sad extreme; religion to fanaticism; free-thinking to atheism; liberty to rebellion.

To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.

The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.

A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.

She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.

Ninety-five percent of thought, emotion, and learning occur in the unconscious mind - that is, without our awareness.

When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.

Pure happiness can only be attained through developing our mind.

We should understand that our problems do not exist outside of ourself, but are part of our mind that experiences unpleasant feelings.

A second-class mind dealing with third-class material is hardly a necessity of life.

I'd be smiling and chatting away, and my mind would be floating around somewhere else, like a balloon with a broken string.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion

Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.

In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.

Thinking is the hardest work we do.

The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.

Far from me be the gift of Bacchus--pernicious, inflaming wine, that weakens both body and mind.

You traverse the world in search of happiness which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

I wonder how the foreign policies of the United States would look if we wiped out the national boundaries of the world, at least in our minds, and thought of all children everywhere as our own.

In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.

Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.

The fear is not real, Dil Bahadur; it is only in your mind, like all other things. Our thoughts form what we believe to be reality.

The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

Be mindful even if your mind is full

I don't mind if people are saying nasty things about me behind my back - I just don't want to know about them.

We wouldn't pay to rent and watch the same painful movie two hundred fifty times, but somehow we let our mind replay a bad memory over and over, each time experiencing the same distress and shame.

Impossible is possible if you put your mind into it and don't give up.

Seek those who find your road agreeable, your personality and mind stimulating, your philosophy acceptable, and your experience helpful. Let those who do not, seek their own kind.

You have to take care of yourself, your body, your mind, take care of your soul-be your own keeper.

It was Scripture that I had hidden in my heart that quickly came to mind when my frustration felt stronger than my faith.

We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.

Outside museums, in noisy public squares, people look at people. Inside museums, we leave that realm and enter what might be called the group-mind, getting quiet to look at art.

A pure heart and mind only takes you so far - sooner or later the hormones have their say, too.

Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.

I wonder if the conversations you've never had with someone count, if you've been over them a thousand times in your mind.

You build walls & boundaries when you give into your mind. Fear nothing & take control of who you are & who you are meant to be