The Mind Quotes
When things are in order, if the cause of the orderliness cannot be deduced from the motion of the elements or from the composition of matter, it is quite possibly a cause possessing a mind.
The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.
Dream that you died It takes you out of your mind The black walls of space Take me all the way
Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.
Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.
Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable.
Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone.
Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.
One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.
But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
Just as the waves can subside to reveal the stillness of the ocean's depths, so too is it possible to calm the turbulence of our mind to reveal its natural pristine clarity.
'cause humans, above all, fear intelligence. how humans, scared out of their minds, gather whatever intelligence they can put their hands on and put it all in a central penitentiary named facts.
When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices.
I want to build spires in their minds and dance shadows through like marionettes, chased by whispers and hints of the unspeakable.
Plant the seed of positivity into your mind, nourish it daily with love and happiness will flower, as fear begins to die.
Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries are just in our mind and need to be pushed away.
Cats are a standing rebuke to behavioral scientists wanting to know how the minds of animals work. The mind of a cat is an unscrutable mystery.
My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.
The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere in eternity.
Philly is a state of mind I’m always in. The city is truly a character in its own right, and it’s served me well because the people I was exposed to gave me that cultural rootedness.
The virgin birth has never been a major stumbling block in my struggle with Christianity; it's far less mind boggling than the Power of all Creation stooping so low as to become one of us.
As brain functioning becomes more and more integrated, consciousness - the mind - becomes more and more invincible, and then any dictate of the mind is immediately followed by the body.
It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.
Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.
Intuitive listening requires us to still our minds until the beauty of things older than our minds can find us.
Keep in mind that other people's actions can never 'make' you feel any certain way. Feelings are your warning indicators.
Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well.
When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.
I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.
Keeping your mind open in the face of uncertainty is the single most powerful secret of unleashing your creative potential.
... the way we eat represents our most profound engagement with the natural world. Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds.