Mind Quotes
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Yoga is the study of the functioning of the body, the mind and the intellect in the process of attaining freedom.
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The first thing I do in the morning is to make my bed and while I am making up my bed I am making up my mind as to what kind of a day I am going to have.
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His mind was indeed my library, and whenever it was opened to me, I entered bliss.
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Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right.
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I never, ever drink while writing. Never have from the start, and I'm happy that I never have to. A lot of my stuff is plot-driven and mathematical, and I think you need a clean and sober mind to pin down the logistics of that.
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A concentrated mind and a sitting body make for better prayer than a kneeling body and a mind half asleep.
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Every mind which has given itself to self-expression in art is aware of a directing agency outside its conscious control which it has agreed to label 'inspiration'.
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In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.
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Mechanical wings allow us to fly, but it is with our minds that we make the sky ours
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Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.
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Collaboration sometimes causes conflict, and sometimes it's easy, but the bringing together of great minds only adds.
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Materialism is the recognition of "objects in themselves", or outside the mind; ideas and sensations are copies of images of those objects.
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I've always been freaked out in my mind performing.
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Well-arranged time is the surest mark of a well-arranged mind.
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Abstract terms (however useful they may be in argument) should be discarded in meditation, and the mind should be fixed on the particular and the concrete, that is, on the things themselves.
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A fully open mind could shatter the skull in both directions.
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To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential.
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Most people assume that meditation is all about stopping thoughts, getting rid of emotions, somehow controlling the mind. But actually it's ... about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it coming and going.
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The Intentionality of the mind not only creates the possibility of meaning, but limits its forms.
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I don't mind snobs, if they have a reason to be a snob.
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Enthusiasm is always connected with the senses, whatever be the object that excites it. The true strength of virtue is serenity of mind, combined with a deliberate and steadfast determination to execute her laws. That is the healthful condition of the moral life; on the other hand, enthusiasm, even when excited by representations of goodness, is a brilliant but feverish glow which leaves only exhaustion and languor behind.
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The most beautiful smile is the one for someone who isn't there, who just popped on your mind.
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When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
