Mind Quotes
Reading musses up my mind.Henry Ford
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.Andr Maurois
Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them.Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.James Truslow Adams
I broke something today, and I realized I should break something once a week... to remind me how fragile life is.Andy Warhol
The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.Samuel Johnson
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.George Santayana
A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.Toledo Blade
Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.Walt Disney
Have a variety of interests... These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.George Mathew Allen
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.Albert Einstein
Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Peace visits not the guilty mind. Nemo Malus Felix.Juvenal
Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.John Wilkins
A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.Blaise Pascal
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.Buddha
The conqueror and king in each of us is the Knower of truth. Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen.George S. Arundale
Peace visits not the guilty mind.Juvenal
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine, September 2002
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.Virginia Woolf
Liberals are very broadminded they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side.Anonymous
Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.Thomas Fulle
We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about unthinkable things because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.James W. Fulbright, March 27, 1964
Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.T. E. Lawrence
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.Marcus Aelius Aurelius
Exercise alone provides psychological and physical benefits. However, if you also adopt a strategy that engages your mind while you exercise, you can get a whole host of psychological benefits fairly quickly.James Rippe, M. D.
History does not repeat itself except in the minds of those who do not know history.Kahlil Gibran
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.Sir Francis Bacon
It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.John Burroughs
I want to find a voracious, small - Minded predator and name it after the IRS.Robert Bakker, paleontologist
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.Colin Wilson
You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.Juvenal, Satires
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide.Sylvia Ashton - Warner, Spinste
Avoid destructive thinking. Improper negative thoughts sink people. A ship can sail around the world many, many times, but just let enough water get into the ship and it will sink. Just so with the human mind. Let enough negative thoughts or improper thoughts get into the human mind and the person sinks just like a ship.Alfred A. Montapert
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.Terry Pratchett
