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Mind Quotes


"Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world."


"It is as deadly for a mind to have a system as to have none. Therefore it will have to decide to combine both."


"Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own."


"A slavish bondage to parents cramps every faculty of the mind."


"It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence."


"As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch it."


"You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition."


"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate."


"If you're playing somebody who is not you, then you can imagine that you are that person. You can feel like he feels, move like he moves, look like he looks - in your own mind."
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"We should not view our diaspora only in terms of 'Sankhya' but let us see them as 'Shakti'. In doing so, we can solve our problem of Brain Drain by converting it into Brain Gain."


"The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind."


"Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good."


"Well, she managed to - Barbara was capable of doing practically anything if she set her mind to it. In retrospect, I'm not surprised that Barbara managed to get collect calls through."
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"All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'"
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"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind."


"I have that thing in my stomach where I just need to keep striving for things. In my mind, I want the fairy tale."


"I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality."


"I always felt good about myself. I was just an average person. I always felt I could do anything anyone else could. If an average person makes up their mind to do something, they can."
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"As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha."
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"Your brain is wider than the sky."


"The mind is the result of the torments the flesh undergoes or inflicts upon itself."


"Your thoughts, the way you think is the most powerful influence in your life."


"His mind was a tapestry constantly weaving and unweaving with the dedication of Penelope for her Odysseus."


"The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient."


"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."


"The problem with introspection is that it has no end."


"You're as plain as the nose on your face, said Mr. Pennyworth. "And your nose is remarkably obvious. As is the rest of your face, young man. As are you. For the sake of all that is holy, empty your mind. Now. You are an empty alleyway. You are a vacant doorway. You are nothing. Eyes will not see you. Minds will not hold you. Where you are is nothing and nobody."
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