Quotes About Mind

Every man is what he is, because of the dominating thoughts which he permits to occupy his mind. . . . We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.

Feed Your Mind Good Stuff, Exercise Your Gratitude Muscle, Prepare Yourself.

Maxwell Maltz wrote, "It is conscious thinking which is the 'control knob' of your unconscious machine."31

Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time.

Sometimes I have trouble sleeping. It's weird—I can feel exhausted but still, I just lie there wide awake, staring up into the dark with all sorts of ideas bombarding me like dead pelicans

That's how it is online—there's no time in cyberspace. It's almost like everything physical evaporates, and it's just your mind and the different sites floating in a void.

Intelligence fails because it is human, no stronger than the power of one mind to understand another. (480)

Re: J. Edgar Hoover] His knowledge was enormous, though his mind was narrow.

Nations that had spent a thousand years under tyrants did not transform into free republics overnight because the United States wished them to do so. Elections alone did not a democracy make; they could bring strongmen to power and keep them there. Democracy, as it developed, could not be easily exported; it was not a commodity like soybeans or sneakers but an ideal that lived in the mind.

the lasting power of attentional habits is never to be underestimated

Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. —ALBERT EINSTEIN

The superheroes you have in your mind (idols, icons, titans, billionaires, etc.) are nearly all walking flaws who've maximized 1 or 2 strengths.

sometimes having no experience is a huge advantage. Age doesn't matter; an open mind does.

The great majority of that which gives you angst never happens, so you must evict it. Don't let it live rent-free in your brain.

Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious."—Thomas Edison

Named must your fear be before banish it you can." –Yoda Powerful Jedi master

2. I'm just caging my monkey mind on paper so I can get on with my fucking day.

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

After 35 years old, no matter what we do, we'll get worse. Deterioration is automatic in the process of aging,

Reading (learning) is the ultimate meta-skill and can be traded for anything else. All the real benefits in life come from compound interest. Earn with your mind, not your time. 99% of all effort is wasted. Total honesty at all times. It's almost always possible to be honest and positive. Praise specifically, criticize generally (Warren Buffett).

Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung.

Hay un proceso en el que una vez que despejas la mente, tienes que dejar que vuelva a llenarse. Lo llamarás de otra manera, pero yo sé que lo haces. Así que la dejas en blanco, y dejas que se inunde con cosas nuevas que no son las mismas que la llenaban antes.

Albert Hofmann, the inventor of LSD, considered microdosing the most neglected area of research. Hofmann microdosed LSD often for the last few decades of his life. He remained sharp until he died at 101. He would take it when he was walking among trees. In Jim's opinion, microdosing psychedelics does a far better job than a whole class of drugs we now call "cognitive enhancers," most of which are simply derivatives of speed.

Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and its fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment. —PAUL FUSSELL, Abroad