The Mind Quotes

An open heart is an open mind.

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness; aggressiveness engenders hostility; hostility engenders fear, a disastrous circle.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

I am not a normal person. I am living in a normal body, but my mind is not normal.

I eat merely to put food out of my mind.

All the soarings of my mind begin in my blood.

Poor is a state of mind. Broke is a state of wallet. You can fix being broke; it's not so easy to fix being poor.

There is a certain frame of mind to which a cemetery is, if not an antidote, at least an alleviation. If you are in a fit of the blues, go nowhere else.

It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.

Your body exists in the past and your mind exists in the future. In yoga, they come together in the present.

Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind, and soul.

A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care, wisdom does.

When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga.

. . . to know the order of nature, and regard the universe as orderly is the highest function of the mind.

Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

All things are created twice; first mentally; then physically. The key to creativity is to begin with the end in mind, with a vision and a blue print of the desired result.

But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

You are safe inside your mind. No one can reach you there.

You’re supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, you’re not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind.

Mind conjures miracles out of time.

The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake.

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

They wanna bury me im worried. Im loosin my mind look down the barrel of my nine and my visions blurry. Fallen to pieces am I guilty? I pray to the lord but his laws be unfortunate because im guilty.

You have it made when you don't care whether you have it made or not.

Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on.

The brain has not explained the mind fully.

People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

If knowing the truth is sufficient for you, then practice the art of philosophy. If only living the truth will suffice, then practice the art of love through your mind, your emotions, and your body.

In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.

The mind is its own enemy, that fights itself with the innumerable pliant and ineluctable arms of the octopus.

There is not a thought that is being thought in the West or the East that is not active in some Indian mind

All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle...is another riddle.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.

When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely through justice and soundness of mind.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial.

You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and noting the course of the currents.

To my mind, the actor has this great responsability of playing another human being… it’s like taking on another person’s life and you have to do it as sincerely and honestly as you can.

I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.

Milton, of all people, gave the most perfect definition of the state of mind required to play jazz: ' with wanton heed and giddy cunning.' That's how you play jazz.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.

The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare.

It should not be taken in a hot climate. If you are in a place that is cool and peaceful, and you are alone and your mind is turned toward God, then you may take the yogi medicine.

Open your mind, allow your feelings to be expressed, to be pushed out, and your heart will neither break nor burst, but be a free-flowing channel of the life energy in your soul.

Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.