Mind Quotes
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To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.
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Creatures extremely low in the intellectual scale may have conception. All that is required is that they should recognize the same experience again. A polyp would be a conceptual thinker if a feeling of 'Hello! thingumbob again!' ever flitted through its mind.
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I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.
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Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind.
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For intellectuals, everyone's mind is closed but their own.
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The greatest discovery of the 20th Century is that our attitude of mind determines our quality of life, not circumstances.
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The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.
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Our mind has its own ideal time, which is no other but the consciousness of the progressive development of our beings.
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If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
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The heart and mind of every Muslim is affected by whether or not the Israel-Palestine issue is dealt with fairly.
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Of course the King is mistaken. But is natural that he should be frighten of taking the plunge. We have lost a great opportunity by not intervening at once. But later the King may change his mind, and it may be not too late.
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We go, in winter's biting wind, On many a short-lived winter day, With aching back but willing mind To dig and double dig the clay.
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere – although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
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God created our emotions to work in harmony with our other two most fundamental faculties: our mind and our will.
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Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind.
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Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.
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Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
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When we read our own writing, we all think it clearly expresses what we mean, because when we read it, we are only reminding ourselves of what we had in mind when we wrote it.
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The ultimate source of my mental happiness is my peace of mind. Nothing can destroy this except my own anger.
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Never marry something until you've established the perfect pizza ratio...The premise is simple. My husband and I knew we were made for each other because we're a 6:2 ratio, six slices for him and two for me...Never marry a man who wants two slices one week and four the next. They're undependable and highly unpredictable and will likely dump you for some Internet honey who says she doesn't mind his back hair.
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The minute I sit down and think 'Okay, this must be KID SAFE!' my Muse develops Tourrette's and goes to lunch with Clive Barker, and my mind plunges into the gutter and I draw an appalling blank on anything that is not violent, gory, profanity laden, or depraved. So I think the only way I can ever do kid's books if I plan not to do kid's books. If that makes any sense.
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Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.
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Believe you can do it. Believing something can be done puts your mind to work for you and helps you find ways to do it.
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A mind is a terrible thing. All this evolution nonsense is making me feel like a complete APE!
