"Our minds are lazier than our bodies."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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George Santayana, American Philosopher

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

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

William James, American Philosopher

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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

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"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

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"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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"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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"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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"Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while."

"Love can no more continue without a constant motion than fire can; and when once you take hope and fear away, you take from it its very life and being."

"We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done."

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"Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect."