Quotes About Mind

Excellence of mind itself, rightly conceived, is expertise in beauty; creativity is wise love.

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.

Writing about something specific, in my mind, was overwhelming, so I wrote about art because I love art and I know I can say a couple of funny things about art.

Love, faithful love, recalled thee to my mind--But how could I forget thee?

Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it is there when the mind is silent and the heart is empty of the things of the mind.

Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find

I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

People love the chaos in my brain, but I'm terrified of it.

There is the path of karma, selfless action, the path of love and devotion, the path of training the mind and the path of Yoga, mantra and tantra this is what the various saints advocated.

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough.

You should be able to use your intellect and not to be dominated by your intellect.

May love fill your heart, compassion guide your mind, faith rule your soul.

Fear is only my ego's deluded perception that it is possible to experience a lack of love in my life.

I love what I think, and I'm never tempted to believe it.

The mind of man is continuously unfolding into a greater recognition of its real plan in the creative order of the Universe.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

I love boxing! Working out is calming and helps clear my mind.

People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.

There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

The resting place of the mind is the heart.

Mind exists as a Principle in the universe, just as electricity exists as a principle.

There ain't no doubt in my mind that love is the finest thing around

There will always be people better than you—that's a cliché of nihilism, like the phrase, In a million years, who's going to know the difference? The proper response to that statement is not, Well, then, everything is meaningless. It's, Any idiot can choose a frame of time within which nothing matters. Talking yourself into irrelevance is not a profound critique of Being. It's a cheap trick of the rational mind.

The modern mind, which regards itself as having transcended the domain of the magical, is nonetheless still endlessly capable of "irrational" (read motivated) reactions. We fall under the spell of experience whenever we attribute our frustration, aggression, devotion or lust to the person or situation that exists as the proximal "cause" of such agitation. We are not yet "objective," even in our most clear-headed moments (and thank God for that).