Quotes About Mind

Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

The great thing is not having a mind. Feelings: oh, I have those; they govern me.

I have a great memory.

Remembering is a great invention of the mind.

At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.

I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.

The echoes of childhood torments have great power, even when not brought to mind in such an inexplicable and horrifying way.

Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction is being able to think about that.

Michele Bachmann is always a great person to go to for an opinion about anything. She has a very active and interesting mind.

I was very much influenced by a great book by the scholar Neil Richards called Intellectual Privacy, that [Louis] Brandeis changed his mind on the proper balance between dignity and free speech.

Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will.

Deepest place in my mind is my thinking and thoughts....Do not try to understand me...Otherwise you will drown in me.

It is given to no human being to stereotype a set of truths, and walk safely by their guidance with his mind's eye closed.

Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high.

We can ask for a dream of guidance on any issue that is facing us, and when we're lucky the dream can take us out of the boxes of the everyday mind's approach to that theme.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

He who knows that all things are his mind, That all with which he meets are friendly, Is ever joyful.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Laughter is inner jogging.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

I often paint tranquility. If you stop thinking and rest, then a little happiness comes into your mind. At perfect rest you are comfortable.

Happiness and unhappiness are not primarily created by the material world or the physical body. First and foremost, they are decisions of the mind.