The Mind Quotes

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.

Language is a tool for concealing the truth. If we could read each other's minds, this would be a horror show.

I wish the state of enthusiasm I am in may last, for to-day I have felt that there is a God; I have been devotional, and my mind has bben led away from the follies that it is mostly wrapped up in.

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.

Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway.

Do not let the body be dragged along by mind nor the mind be dragged along by the body

You can do anything you put your mind to, and you can do it in stilettos.

God cannot be grasped by the mind. If he could be grasped, he would not be God.

Given a short time with a psycho-politician you can alter forever the loyalty of a soldier in our hands or a statesman or a leader in his own country, or you can destroy his mind.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understands the minds of other men and women.

Sometimes the mind relives things very clearly for us...There are roads out of secret places within us along which we all must move as we go to touch others.

Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don't listen to anyone who doesn't know how to dream.

Myth is the facts of the mind made manifest in a fiction of matter.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority.

If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.

Never let shyness conquer your mind.

The mind which plunges into Surrealism, relives with burning excitement the best part of childhood.

For you and for me the highest moment, the keenest joy, is not when our minds dominate but when we lose our minds, and you and I both lose it in the same way, through love.

Tonight's show is about doubt. Or maybe it isn't - haven't made my mind up yet.

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

Have Ithaka always in your mind. Your arrival there is what you are destined for. But don't in the least hurry the journey.

An open mind is a prerequisite to an open heart.

If one regards life and death as natural processes, the metaphysical dread vanishes, and one obtains peace of mind.

Obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.

I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.

The Dhamma is revealing itself in every moment, but only when the mind is quiet can we understand what it is saying, for the Dhamma teaches without words.

A brand should strive to own a word in the mind of the consumer.

You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it

A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.

My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!

Just as the eye was made to see colours, and the ear to hear sounds, so the human mind was made to understand, not whatever you please, but quantity.

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.

That which is seen and that which is touched are of a dream-like and illusion-like nature. Because feeling arises together with the mind, it is not [ultimately] perceived.

Something is happening because of silence, because of peace, because of silence; if your mind is silent, if your mind is quiet, there is God, there is silence, this is the silence that is contagious.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.