Monday, 8 October 2018

Mind - Quotes

One man that has a mind and knows it, can always beat ten men who haven’t and don’t. - George Bernard Shaw

One’s mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. - Arthur C. Benson

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. - Hans Margolius

Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian

Our Minds can be wonderful, but at the same time they can be our very worst enemy. - Sogyal Rinpoche

Our minds influence the key activity of the brain, which then influences everything; perception, cognition, thoughts and feelings, personal relationships; they’re all a projection of you. - Deepak Chopra

Paradoxically, as the mind becomes simpler, it can perceive greater complexity. - William Hamilton

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock in a thunderstorm. - Robert Luis Stevenson

Quiet people have the loudest minds. - Stephen Hawking

Research has clearly demonstrated that the subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought-impulses, and will drive our actions based on the material we used in nourishing it. - Unknown

Seek first the virtues of the mind; and other things either will come, or will not be wanted. - Francis Bacon

Since  everything is a reflection of our minds … everything can be changed by our minds. - The Buddha

Sit in reverie and watch the changing colour of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. - Blaise Pascal

Small minds cannot grasp great ideas; to their narrow comprehension, their purblind vision, nothing seems really great and important but themselves. - James Frazer

Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set. - Unknown

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. - Pythagoras

That’s the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface. - Robert M. Pirsig

The best cure for a sluggish mind is to disturb its routine. - William H. Danforth

The country would be far better if the population were half as interested in keeping their minds in as good condition as they tried to keep their bodies. - John Saul

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