Quotes About Mind

Satori," ripeté Xue Xin. "Se i nostri pensieri ci imprigionano, è ragionevole che possano anche liberarci.

This violent state of mind. This violent state of mine.

Simplification is as much in the mind as it is in the device.

The body knows things the thinking mind can only imagine.

Zen master Shunryu Suzuki writes, "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."8

One of the pleasures of art is that it enables the mind to move in unanticipated directions, to make connections that may be in some sense errors but are fruitful nonetheless.

Any fool can cry wolf; to cry sheep is inspired, the work of a subtle, contradancing mind.

We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.

as Einstein put it 'Time and space are modes by which we think, and not conditions in which we live.

Steven Pinker sums up the argument well: "We are organisms, not angels, and our minds are organs, not pipelines to the truth. Our minds evolved by natural selection to solve problems that were life-and-death matters to our ancestors, not to commune with correctness."36

A glimpse of an eye is, for purposes of triggering the animate-monitoring system, a glimpse of the beast peering through that eye.

Perception is not a window on objective reality. It is an interface that hides objective reality behind a veil of helpful icons.

Steven Pinker sums up the argument well: "We are organisms, not angels, and our minds are organs, not pipelines to the truth. Our minds evolved by natural selection to solve problems that were life-and-death matters to our ancestors, not to commune with correctness.

But after a person has been in analysis for nearly four years, it becomes second nature to automatically study and dissect all dreams and dream fragments. With his mind busily seeking the symbolic content of darkness, rubber masks, and strange voices, he couldn't completely lose control, or remain panic-stricken for very long. "Oh," he said, sighing with relief, "it's just the kidnappers.

What's that old image about a sick person, when they're about to die, they turn their face to the wall? That's what ran through my head when I got over by the wall, of course. My mind isn't always so full of morbid notions, but even Mary Poppins would have had a grim thought or two if she'd had my last four days.

To change undesirable behaviors we see in the world, we must change the thinking that leads to those behaviors.

Love and Fear are polar opposites. Love originates from the soul, while Fear and worries and insecurities originate in the mind. Love is Heavenly, while Fear is Earthly. Love is a gift from Above, Fear is a burden from below.

Your words, your thoughts, your imagination: powerful tools. Remember that and use them wisely.

Most of life's battles are won or lost in the mind.

The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

My whole life has been about equal rights and opportunities. For me it really goes back to the health of mind, body and soul.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.