mind Quotes (28)

“Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude.”

“Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.”

“Little things affect little minds.”

“The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.”

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.”

“A thought is an idea in transit.”

“Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.”

“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”

“Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.”

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

“Self-love depressed becomes self-loathing.”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“Those who occupy their minds with small matters, generally become incapable of greatness.”

“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”

“A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts.”

“When people are bewildered, they tend to become credulous.”

“An obstinate person does not hold opinions, but they hold him.”

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

“Intuition is perception via the unconscious.”

“All experience is subjective.”

“You cannot perceive beauty but with a serene mind.”

“My mind is my laboratory.”

“They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.”

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“Your life depends on what you think about all day long.”

“Speech is a portrait of the mind.”

“The human mind at birth is like a blank slate.”

“To live happily means to have peace of mind.”