"Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear."

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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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"Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

William James, American Philosopher

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"Brooding, she changed the pool into the sea, and made the minnows into sharks and whales, and cast vast clouds over this tiny world by holding her hand against the sun, and so brought darkness and desolation...to millions of ignorant and innocent creatures, and then took her hand away suddenly and let the sun stream down."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"When the whirlpool of thoughts is going on; that is known as the mind. At that time, the mind is functioning independently. That and the vrutis (tendencies of the chit) have no relationship. The tendencies arise later on, and then they go back and forth."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

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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."

Rachel Caine, Canadian Actress

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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

Mind, Thought, Memory, Future

"I treat my thoughts like an old person treats their valuables: I cannot for the life of me proceed to throwing them out."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Mind, Wisdom, Truth, Life, Power

"It's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind. I can open the door and enter that darkness, but I have to be very careful. I can find my story there. Then I bring that thing to the surface, into the real world."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time."

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"In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy."

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"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers."

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"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor."

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

"Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion."

"Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind."

"When the whirlpool of thoughts is going on; that is known as the mind. At that time, the mind is functioning independently. That and the vrutis (tendencies of the chit) have no relationship. The tendencies arise later on, and then they go back and forth."

"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."

"I treat my thoughts like an old person treats their valuables: I cannot for the life of me proceed to throwing them out."

"It's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind. I can open the door and enter that darkness, but I have to be very careful. I can find my story there. Then I bring that thing to the surface, into the real world."

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"It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time."

"The beginning of atonement is the sense of its necessity."

"The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain."

"In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy."

"Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers."

"I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor."

"Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life."