Quotes About Mind

I used to measure the heavens Now the Earth's shadows I measure My mind was in the heavens, Now the shadow of my body rests here

I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth. Sky-bound was the mind, earthbound the body rests.

I measured the skies, now the shadows I measure. Sky-bound was the mind, Earth-bound the body rests.

Man is nature, nature man, and all crude and raw, stinking, vicious, evil. And holding that evil lightly because the collective mind refuses to recall the spring of mountains, the vault of seas and, of course, beside that, the puny murder of millions.

When writing the constitution for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Adams wrote: I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea—

Soon part of me will explore the deep and dark Floor of the harbour . . I am everywhere, I suffer and move, my mind and my heart move With all that move me, under the water

A mind so dark it made one wonder if the Renaissance had ever really taken place.

I believe this angel cries out, What is this that You are so interested in and fondly affectionate toward? What is that little thing that is constantly on Your mind-the total focus of Your plans?

We cannot discern what is truly good for our lives without first having our minds renewed.

The wisdom or counsel of God is deep water and is often a mystery to the natural mind.

Only through the mind can the world be seen. Only through the heart can it be understood.

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.

He suddenly became convinced that if he didn't do something sensible, something to put his mind to some use, then before he knew it he would be wondering round the streets having fights with himself and inviting domestic animals to social occasions too.

You are not there, Father," I cried. "I wake up at Gaudlin Hall, I spend most of my day there, I sleep there at night. And throughout it all there is but one thought running through my mind." "And that is?" "This house is haunted.

When emotional energy blocks the resolution of trauma, the mind itself becomes diminished in its ability to function.

Emotions are a form of thinking, and blocked emotions bias thinking. As emotions get bound by shame, their energy is frozen, which blocks the full interaction between the mind and the will.

Without the mind, the will is blind and has no content. Without content the will starts willing itself. This state of disablement causes severe problems, some of which are: 1. The will wills what can't be willed. 2. The will tries to control everything. 3. The will experiences itself as omnipotent or, when it has failed, as "wormlike." 4. The will wills for the sake of willing (impulsiveness). 5. The will wills in absolute extremes—all or nothing.

Our mental life is teeming with thoughts, many of them going on unconsciously and automatically.

The universe consists primarily of dark matter. We can't see it, but it has an enormous gravitational force. The conscious mind—much like the visible aspect of the universe—is only a small fraction of the mental world. The dark matter of the mind, the unconscious, has the greatest psychic gravity. Disregard the dark matter of the universe and anomalies appear. Ignore the dark matter of the mind and our irrationality is inexplicable.

It's natural to worry about physical stuff like weaponry and resources. What we should really worry about is psychological stuff like ideologies and norms. As the UNESCO slogan puts it, "Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed.

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.

But though this be so, yet since things present and our fleshly appetite are such near neighbours one to another; and again, because things to come, and carnal sense, are such strangers one to another; therefore it is, that the first of these so suddenly fall into amity, and that distance is so continued between the second.