Quotes About Mind

Sentience without senses. Blind, deaf, nerveless, moveless. Some irritability, response to touch. Response to sun, to light, to water, and chemicals in the earth around the roots. Nothing comprehensible to an animal mind. Presence without mind. Awareness of being, without object or subject. Nirvana. (p. 517)

Test me, LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness. Psalm 26:2–3 NIV

too. He shoved me to get me going and we started to walk. My mind was

There is one thing the power of God and the power of Satan have in common: Neither can influence us unless we allow them to.

With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which it strives toward but has not yet won. With you it is otherwise. The mind follows the body in pursuit of the soul you have been told you already have. Because you cannot find it, you assume you have lost it somewhere in your past, and this keeps you from achieving it in your future.

The ancient lizard mind lies below the mammalian mind, which lies below a primate mind, which is modified by a mind adapted to language, and since these layers have developed in response to differing evolutionary pressures, they often do not function efficiently together. Human civility tries to control ape dominance, human rationality tries to control mammalian sexuality, human social conscience tries to ameliorate reptilian greed, never with total success.

Thing is, I don't believe in ghosts. But I see them all the time.

Things had gotten so intense, so painful, that my body just checked out. Yep, my mind and soul and heart had a quick meeting and voted to shut down for a few repairs.

He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not green. He says everything is a matter of perception.

If you don't like the things you remember, then all you have to do is change the memories. Instead of remembering the bad things, remember what happened immediately before.

And it's not the good stuff that I recall. No. It's the most traumatic shit that plays in the 3D IMAX Theater of My Mind.

If I want to play mind games, I'd buy a Rubik's cube. ~ Acheron, a character.

She couldn't very well let him join her in bed like that. Sure you could. No I can't. Please? Hush, self, let me think.' (Grace)

Okay, I'm dreaming. Hallucinating. Brought on by stress. I had a hard day today and this is my mind trying to protect itself from…from stuff. Lots of stuff. (Geary) (Arik, Trieg, and ZT stare at Geary.) Oh, like I'm any less sane than the three of you just because I talk to myself. (Geary)

Power, true power, comes from within. Not without. (Nick)

Now you know I'm a reporter, so you might as well answer my question truthfully, or I'll just keep asking it until you lose your mind. (Susan)

Good God, Dev. Have you completely lost your mind? Don't tease the psychotic tiger. He's getting all angry and frothing at the mouth. Someone's going to think he's rabid. (Serre) Yeah, but teasing him is like throwing meat at Kyle. It's highly entertaining. (Dev)

Stay out there! Don't you dare come back in here with those evil mind tricks! (Simone) Does it buy me any bonus points to note that you have a really nice looking ass? (Xypher)

That is the beauty of memory, isn't it? Our reality is always clouded by our perceptions of truth. (Mnimi)

You know, Talon. Towels look really good on you. You go outside like that and you'll start a whole new fashion craze. (Sunshine) Do you always say everything that comes to your mind? (Talon) Mostly. I do have some thoughts I keep to myself. I used to not care and would say anything at all, but then one time my college roommate called the psycho unit on me. You know, they really do have white coats. (Sunshine)

A questioning mind is the most cherished resource man has and the rarest.

Hey, Vader, keep your Jedi mind tricks to yourself. That hurt! (Jesse)

Baby, I don't feel pain. Ever. (Talon) Really? Not even a little? (Sunshine) It's a waste of time and energy. It also drains the mind and makes it weary. (Talon) But without pain, you can't have joy. It's the balance that makes us appreciate the extreme. (Sunshine)

There's too much to be done. I need to know– (Jericho) No. (Delphine) No, you d'in. (Jericho) Yes, I di'id. Don't make me use my Jeri ninja mind tricks on you. I might screw up and fry your brains. (Delphine)