Quotes About Human mind

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.†

Cinema's characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

surely every human being on the planet had the same potential to be telepathic.

The human mind is a relational and embodied process that regulates the flow of energy and information.

La mente humana es un proceso relacional y corpóreo que regula el flujo de energía y de información».2 Ni más ni menos.

The ultimate test of an explanation is whether it would have made the event predictable in advance. No story of Google's unlikely success will meet that test, because no story can include the myriad of events that would have caused a different outcome. The human mind does not deal well with nonevents.

We ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the universe. The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the skies so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

We do not ask for what useful purpose the birds do sing, for song is their pleasure since they were created for singing. Similarly, we ought not to ask why the human mind troubles to fathom the secrets of the heavens. The diversity of the phenomena of Nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

The series of integers is obviously an invention of the human mind, a self-created tool which simplifies the ordering of certain sensory experiences.

The human mind is like a fertile ground were seed are continually being planted. The seeds are opinions, ideas, and concepts. You plant a seed, a thought grows, and it grows. The word is like a seed and the human mind is so fertile!

Emotions, we now know, change the way the human mind solves problems—the emotional system changes how the cognitive system operates. So, if aesthetics would change our emotional state, that would explain the mystery.

The human mind, I take it, must have either comfort in the past or hope in the future," he continued, "otherwise it is in danger.

The human mind searches for cause and effect, always; and we all prefer the weird and thrilling to the dull and commonplace as an answer.

None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.

The battle was over. Our casualties were some thirteen thousand killed--thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes--because the human mind is more a universe than the universe itself--and all for a few hundred yards of useless mud.

The battle was over. Our causalities were some thirteen thousand killed. Thirteen thousand minds, memories, loves, sensations, worlds, universes- because the human mind is more a universe than the universe itself- and all for a few hundred yards of useless mud.

And, remember, fundamentally a thing is what it is; we live in a universe where everything—including a human mind and body—has a specific, clear-cut identity and can be nothing else. A human being is not a dog, a cat, a bird, a fish, a computer chip, or a stream of photons—"A is A" and man is man.

When you're dealing with the world of dreams, the psyche, and potential of a human mind, there has to be emotional stakes. You have to deal with issues of memory and desire.

Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by experience.

Without faith to act as a governor, the human mind is a runaway worry generator, a dynamo of negative expectations.

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.