Mind Quotes
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Most of us will get turned on at night by the very same things that we will demonstrate against during the day - the erotic mind is not very politically correct.
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True inward quietness is not that which may be produced by shutting out all outward causes of distraction -- a process which, when carried out too severely, may intensify the inward ferment of the mind, especially in the young. It is rather a state of stable equilibrium; it is not vacancy, but stability -- the steadfastness of a single purpose.
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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.
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You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of an ideal before you. You see it first in your mind and then you set about to try and make it like the ideal. If you want a garden,-why, I guess you've got to dream a garden.
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The rationalism of the creative minds was tempered by abundant fantasies, and the supreme beauty of the monuments was probably spoiled by the circumambient vanities and ugliness; in a few cases the Greeks came as close to perfection as it was possible to do, yet they were human and imperfect.
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Faith is the power to stand up to the madness and chaos of the physical world, while holding the position that nothing external has any authority over what heaven has in mind for you.
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But to find, all at once, right before your eyes, that the impossible had been mysteriously achieved by man himself: this staggers the mind!
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People are afraid to think, or they don't know how. They fail to realize that, while emotions can't be suppressed, the mind can be strengthened. All over the world people are seeking peace of mind, but there can be no peace of mind without strength of mind.
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I believe that my creative mind is my greatest weapon.
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Consult the wisdom of your heart as well as your mind.
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In our own lives, having a mind-set of expecting to win increases our odds of winning. It helps us get better results. And better results help us increase our credibility and self-confidence, which leads to more positive self-expectancy, and more winning - and the upward cycle continues. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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I'm not asking you to agree with me, but at least open your mind.
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I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, “Never mind! I'll do it myself.
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Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" when he was coked out of his mind. Later on, it nearly killed him.
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Enthusiats are used to being mocked, maligned and misunderstood. We don't really mind.
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I think that's the job of each of us - to show our best toys and our best tricks that lift us and our friends to higher and higher levels. There is no end to this bootstrapping process. The future of the human mind and body and the future of humans together is endlessly bright.
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The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination.
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I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.
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To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind... Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.
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In terms of essays, I would say Oliver Sacks. His breadth of hard knowledge and imagination and empathy seems to constitute the perfect mind to me.
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I just think I'm better equipped to make a study of human personality than trying to get into the mind of animals.
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Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?
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Whatever you truly conceive of in the mind, is possible.
