"The idle always have a mind to do something."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

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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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"A healthy PFC means a healthy cognitive grip over the world with very little elements of prejudice."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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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

"Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours to decide."

Bernard Kelvin Clive, Ghanaian Author

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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."

"A healthy PFC means a healthy cognitive grip over the world with very little elements of prejudice."

"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."

"Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours to decide."

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