Quotes About Mind

Anything which elevates the mind is sublime, and elevation of mind is produced by the contemplation of greatness of any kind, whether of matter, space, power, beauty or virtue.

But the laughter was like a water bug on a pond, skating across the surface of his mind. He was amused and he laughed, but nothing was deeply funny; life was simply stupid most of the time.

Honestly? I'm happy I went to a Catholic school," Lucas said, as he did a U-turn in traffic, looking over his shoulder. "Got a decent education and developed a dirty mind, which is one of the unstated benefits of a Catholic education. My women friends have greatly appreciated that.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Human brains are bullshit.

The part of Cardenia's brain in charge of gestalting slammed everything together and shoved it into her consciousness.

With this group. With the Equilibrium. Which is what they were calling themselves, anyway. I thought it was a stupid name. But they weren't giving me a vote. And if they did I would probably name it "The League of Assholes," so I don't think they would mind not having my input.

Of all the complexities of the ten thousand things, the self-consciousness of man is ten thousand times the most complex.

A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.

The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.

The final weapon is the brain, all else is supplemental.

Regarding thou mayest: And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

He never forgot anything but he never bothered to arrange his memories. -Hazel, Cannery Row

This I believe: That the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected.

He always tell what it will be like someday. Well, a man's mind can't stay in time the way his body does.

She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do.

Hazel used his trick. They got no starfish there? They got no ocean there said Doc. Oh! said Hazel and he cast frantically about for a peg to hang a new question on. He hated to have a conversation die out like this. He wasn't quick enough. While he was looking for a question Doc asked one. Hazel hated that, it meant casting about in his mind for an answer and casting about in Hazel's mind was like wandering alone in a deserted museum. Hazel's mind was choked with uncataloged exhibits. ...

How do I know?" said Cal. "Am I supposed to look after him?

Why did his mind pick its way as delicately as a cat through cactus?

Ideas are not dangerous unless they find seeding place in some earth more profound than the mind.

Coming out of sleep, I had the advantage of two worlds, the layered firmament of dream and the temporal fixtures of the mind awake. I stretched luxuriously—a good and tingling sensation. It's as though the skin has shrunk in the night and one must push it out to daytime size by bulging the muscles, and there's an a itching pleasure in it.