Quotes About Mind

A susceptible child is capable of great hero worship, and a young mind can easily be obsessed by an idea which persists into adult life.

Thought is yours only. Nobody can alter or influence the use you mean to make of it.

You gave too much rein to your imagination. Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master.

Oh, yes. I've no doubt in my own mind that we have been invited here by a madman—probably a dangerous homicidal lunatic.

Sorrow for a person is different—one can't put that behind one. But one can get over shock and horror by just not letting your mind dwell on it all the time.

I was glad I had been brilliant, but I did not want to think of anything complex. I wanted to go to sleep.

Lydia said sharply: "No. Evil is not only in ones mind — evil exists. You seem to have no consciousness of the evilness in the world. I have. I can feel it.

The guard looked from one to the other. His mind was soon made up. His training led him to despise foreigners, and to respect and admire well-dressed gentleman who travelled first class.

But self-preservation's a man's first duty. And natives don't mind dying, you know. They don't feel about it as Europeans do.

The face towels had been excellent value and just what Margaret wanted, the space gun for Robby and the rabbit for Jean were highly satisfactory, and that evening coatee was just the thing she herself needed, warm but dressy. The pullover for Hector, too…her mind dwelt with approval on the soundness of her purchases.

And the good heart, it is worth in the end all the little grey cells. Yes, yes, I who speak to you am in danger of forgetting that sometimes.

It is to show you that it is the eyes of the mind with which one really sees….

Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together—and they call the result intuition. Me, I am very skilled in psychology. I know these things.

The judge nodded gently. He said: 'Oh, yes. I've no doubt in my own mind that we have been invited here by a madman—probably a dangerous homicidal lunatic.

The extraordinary sanity of the insane is a most interesting subject.

Ah! Have I got to tell you thirty-six times, and then again thirty-six, that there is no need of physical effort? One needs only-to think.

Most details are insignificant; one or two are vital. It is the brain, the little grey cells"—he tapped his forehead—"on which one must rely. The senses mislead. One must seek the truth within—not without.

Never, never will the grey cells function unless you stimulate them.

Whether they try to hinder or to help, they necessarily reveal their type of mind.

Women however charming, have this disadvantage - they distract the mind from food.

Until the last minute I keep everything here," he tapped his forehead.

Stress is poison.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

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.