Quotes About Mind

The evils arising from the loss of her uncle were neither trifling nor likely to lessen; and when thought had been freely indulged, in contrasting the past and the present, the employment of mind and dissipation of unpleasant ideas which only reading could produce made her thankfully turn to a book.

I must endeavour to subdue my mind to my fortune. I must learn to brook being happier than I deserve.

Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

The World is pretty much divided between the weak of mind & the strong- between those who can act & those who cannot, & it is the bounden Duty of the Capable to let no opportunity of being useful escape them.

the employment of mind and dissipation of unpleasant ideas which only reading could produce made her thankfully turn to a book.

Anne, with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character, which must have placed heer high with any people of real understanding, was nobody with either father or sister: her word had no weight; her convenience was always to give away - she was only Anne.

Anne wondered whether it ever occurred to him now, to question the justness of his own previous opinion as to the universal felicity and advantage of firmness of character; and whether it might not strike him that, like all other qualities of the mind, it should have its proportions and limits. She

Yine de genç bir akl?n önyarg?lar?nda öyle sevimli bir ÅŸey var ki, insan daha yayg?n görüÅŸlerin kabulüne feda edildiklerini görmekten üzüntü duyuyor.

She saw only that he was quiet and unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation

And she leaned back in the corner, to indulge her murmurs, or to reason them away; probably a little of both—such being the commonest process of a not ill-disposed mind.

And what are you reading, Miss? Oh! it is only a novel! replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.

The mind which does not struggle against itself under one circumstance, would find objects to distract it in the other...

But her mind had never been in such perturbation; and it needed a very strong effort to appear attentive and cheerful till the usual hour of separating allowed her the relief of quiet reflection.

It was enough to secure his good opinion, for to be unaffected was all that a pretty girl could want to make her mind as captivating as her person.

It was a sweet view-sweet to the eye and the mind. English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright, without being oppressive.

All badinage apart, I don't think you or I very likely to lose our gaiety or our peace of mind for any male creature breathing.

with a mind so occupied, she might have forgotten where she was. Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.

If Louisa Musgrove would be beautiful and happy in her November of life, she will cherish all her present powers of mind.

Pero hay algo tan dulce en los prejuicios de una mente joven, que uno llega a sentir pena de ver cómo ceden y les abren paso a opiniones más comunes.

To take a dislike to a young man, only because he appeared to be of a different disposition from himself, was unworthy the real liberality of mind

A letter exposes to all the evil of consultation, and where the mind is anything short of perfect decision, an adviser may, in an unlucky moment, lead it to do what it may afterwards regret.

I think it is the state of mind which gives most spirit and delight.

All this she must possess», added Darcy, «and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading».

Cuando la mente no quiere convencerse, siempre encontrará algo en qué sustentar sus dudas.