Quotes About Mind

For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things.  On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe.  And the human understanding is like a false mirror; which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves?

It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire and many things to fear. And yet that commonly is the case of kings...

It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

O intelecto não é uma luz que arde sem óleo, mas é alimentado pela vontade e pelas paixões.

Umys?owi ludzkiemu nie skrzyde? potrzeba, lecz o?owiu.

man's sense is falsely asserted to be the standard of things; on the contrary, all the perceptions both of the senses and the mind bear reference to man and not to the Universe, and the human mind resembles these uneven mirrors which impart their own properties to different objects, from which rays are emitted and distort and disfigure them.

Is it not knowledge that doth alone clear the mind of all perbutations?

The productions of the mind and hand seem very numerous in books and manufactures. But all this variety lies in an exquisite subtlety and derivations from a few things already known, not in the number of axioms. VIII

And to make my meaning clearer and to familiarize the thing by giving it a name, I have chosen to call one of these methods or ways Anticipation of the Mind, the other Interpretation of Nature.

There is in human nature generally, more of the fool than of the wise; and therefore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent.

There are four classes of Idols which beset men's minds. To these for distinction's sake I have assigned names, calling the first class Idols of the Tribe; the second, Idols of the Cave; the third, Idols of the Market Place; the fourth, Idols of the Theater.

Pentecost is a feast of conversion. Our minds are converted to Christ in faith; and our hearts are converted to His mission in charity. Faith and charity are given with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Everything in the Church is a gift.

There is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.

The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind.

Men are at war with each other because each man is at war with himself.

Notre tête est ronde pour permettre à la pensée de changer de direction.

For at the heart of the uniform, reasoning is shaky and elusive: a mind in search of ideas should first stock up on appearances.

My mind is my kingdom.

Science's domain is to explore nature. God's domain is in the spiritual world, a realm not possible to explore with the tools and language of science. It must be examined with the heart, the mind, and the soul—and the mind must find a way to embrace both realms.

The Night has a thousand eyes, And the Day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.

Who speaks of liberty while the human mind is in chains?

Ci sono paesaggi, come certi istanti della vita, che non si possono cancellare mai dalla mente; tornano sempre ad attraversarci dal di dentro, con intensità ogni volta più forte. E volgere l'ultimo sguardo al mare fu uno di questi; avevamo voltato la testa per non perdere l'estrema visione di quella speranza e addentrarci definitivamente nella terra dell'oblio.

To think without saying is to hold an armed grenade without throwing it.