"In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid."

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"The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

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"There are always a few, Claire, who like being told what to do instead of being required to think. And those are the ones you should fear. That goes equally for humans, I'm afraid. Critical thinking has become a sadly rare skill these days."

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"As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"There're times when i suspect that the mind has a mind of its own. it shows us pictures. pictures of the past and the might-one-day-be. this mind's mind exerts its own will, too, and has its own voice."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

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"Oh Christ, he understood more than he wanted to right now. Give me a chance, Louis thought, and I'llunderstand myself right into the nearest mental asylum."

Stephen King, American Author

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"I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst."

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

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"But there are weak men who can lift cars if their wives are pinned underneath. The brain, Garraty." McVries's voice had dropped to a hoarse whisper. "It isn't man or God. It's something...in the brain."

Stephen King, American Author

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"How, when and what you perceive - defines your life!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

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"Mind's ultimate objective is to dominate, be careful where and how you use it!"

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

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"The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients."

"There are always a few, Claire, who like being told what to do instead of being required to think. And those are the ones you should fear. That goes equally for humans, I'm afraid. Critical thinking has become a sadly rare skill these days."

"As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it."

"There're times when i suspect that the mind has a mind of its own. it shows us pictures. pictures of the past and the might-one-day-be. this mind's mind exerts its own will, too, and has its own voice."

"Oh Christ, he understood more than he wanted to right now. Give me a chance, Louis thought, and I'llunderstand myself right into the nearest mental asylum."

"I cannot conceive how anybody in his right mind should go to a psychoanalyst."

"But there are weak men who can lift cars if their wives are pinned underneath. The brain, Garraty." McVries's voice had dropped to a hoarse whisper. "It isn't man or God. It's something...in the brain."

"How, when and what you perceive - defines your life!"

"Mind's ultimate objective is to dominate, be careful where and how you use it!"

"Mechanics of Mind: Remember the nature of the mind - Mind is never where you are, it is always somewhere else!"

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"'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival."

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"For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive."

"I started writing when I was about thirteen."

"In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid."