Quotes About Mind

Monkey-mind" describes an especially agitated state where attention jumps rapidly from one thing to the next, like an excited monkey. This is quite different from mind-wandering, which happens at a slower pace. With

As a person much confided in, she had learnt how to let her mind wander a little on a tether, and now she looked out of the taxi at the sun flashing high on buildings and thought what a lovely late afternoon it was.

Mrs. Post had lain quietly down and switched off the bedside lamp. Her head was like a magic lantern into which slides were thrust noisily, one after the other.

Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty.

It's not desperation—there is something inhuman in it. That is what I find so creepy. Five years of destruction and mayhem, lives lost everywhere, shortages of food and fuel and clothing—and the insane mind behind it just urges us all on and on to more destruction. And we all keep playing.

extremes of affection only to be seen when the mind's a heart.

William, when you do gymnastics, you have to be honest about everything you do in the other parts of your life too. Otherwise, your body will deceive you and you won't be able to turn the tricks.

When something wonderful happens...it is to be cherished in the heart and in the mind. We must not be afraid of the wonderful things, nor must we let others laugh them away from us. Only thus do we learn how to hold our dreams.

Always she thought of him as climbing some mountain in his mind, like that great one to the west on which his eyes would dwell so often and from which he seemed to derive something that was even more than strength.

A prayer without a deed is an arrow without a bowstring; A deed without a prayer is a bowstring without an arrow. The heart of a man should be like a quiver full of arrows, And the hand of a man should be like a strong bow strung for action. The heart of a man should keep his arrows ever ascending, And the hand and the mind of a man should keep at a work unending.

Only fools and the dead never change their mind.

We use 10% of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60%.

We use 10 percent of our brains. Imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other 60 percent.

I like to stretch my mind by reading and writing and watching educational TV shows like The Bachelor to learn the complex mating rituals of heterosexuals.

God does not control our minds without our consent; but if we desire to know and to do His will, His promises are ours: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." "If

The majority of diseases which the human family have been and still are suffering under, they have created by ignorance of their own organic laws. They seem indifferent in regard to the matter of health, and work perseveringly to tear themselves to pieces, and when broken down and debilitated in body and mind, send for the doctor and drug themselves to death.—

The mind will enlarge if it is employed in tracing out the relation of the subjects of the Bible to one another, comparing scripture with scripture, and spiritual things with spiritual.

It is impossible for any mind to comprehend all the richness and greatness of even one promise of God.

Oh, that the young would reflect upon the influence which exciting stories have upon the mind! Can you, after such reading, open the word of God and read the words of life with

Mintea care se ocup? numai de chestiuni comune se pipernice?te ?i sl?be?te. Dac? nu i se d? niciodat? sarcina de a în?elege adev?ruri mari ?i cuprinz?toare, î?i pierde dup? un timp puterea de cre?tere. Ca o ap?rare împotriva acestei degener?ri ?i ca un stimulent pentru dezvoltare, nimic nu poate egala studiul Cuvântului lui Dumnezeu.

There is salvation for us, and why do we stay away from the fountain? Why not come and drink that our souls may be refreshed, invigorated, and may flourish in God? Why do we cling so closely to earth? There is something better than earth for us to talk about and think of. We can be in a heavenly frame of mind.

It is a law of nature that our thoughts and feelings are encouraged and strengthened as we give them utterance.

Sensual indulgence weakens the mind and debases the soul. The moral and intellectual powers are benumbed and paralyzed by the gratification of the animal propensities and it is impossible for the slave of passion to realize the sacred obligation of the Law of God, to appreciate the atonement, or to place right value upon the soul.

Resulta difícil mantener a la mente indisciplinada fijada sobre temas provechosos. Pero si no se emplean debidamente los pensamientos, la religión no puede florecer en el alma. La mente debe preocuparse de cosas sagradas y eternas, de lo contrario encontrará gozo en pensamientos superficiales e insignificantes