Quotes About Mind

Water, foam, and flame are mind. Flowers in the spring and the moon in the autumn are also mind. Each moment is mind. And yet mind can never be destroyed. That's why everything that's real is mind, and the Buddhas along with other Buddhas are mind.

The downfall is that we humans think about a lot of stuff that's not actually real. We crave certainty in areas where there can never be any. That's when we start in with believing the crazy stuff.

Consciousness is just part of what we are, and not even the most significant part. Form (or matter) is equally important, as are the other skandhas .

No his mind is not for rent To any god or government Always hopeful, yet discontent He knows changes aren't permanent But change is

First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly.

Style is the ultimate morality of mind." ... [It has] a double aim of complete fidelity to fact and to one's complex sense of fact. ... We are shooting at a star when we aim at style in this sense; we are trying to do justice at once to an infinity without and a near infinity within.

Fitness is the only therapy you need.

Beyond the unacknowledged mental gate imprisoned deeply within the gloomy unknown of the ignorant mind lies your answer.

Sometimes the hardest battle only exists within yourself, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

Sometimes the hardest battles only exists within ourselves, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

The human mind demands intellectual expansion and expression."

The solution typically lies in the stillness at the base of mind within that shadowy place most refuse to look.

I am impressed by how glibly most mortals confront the debilitation of the body. Patton. Your grandparents. Many others. They just accept it. I have always feared aging. The inevitability of it haunts me. Ever since I abandoned the pond, the prospect of death has been a menacing shadow in the back of my mind.

I sound the same to myself.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not think.

Ignorance is hardly unusual, Miss Davar. The longer I live, the more I come to realize that it is the natural state of the human mind. There are many who will strive to defend its sanctity and then expect you to be impressed with their efforts.

You see, the great thing about madness is that it's all in your head.

Adolin is right," Veil said. "He's always been right about you. Tell me. Who is the strongest of mind? The woman whose emotions are always on her side? Or the woman whose own thoughts betray her? You have fought this fight every day of your life, Shallan. And you are not weak.

Sometimes it's too easy to forget the things you should remember — and far too easy to remember the things you really should forget.

A woman's mind is her most precious weapon. It must not be employed clumsily or prematurely. Much like the aforementioned knife in the back, a clever gibe is most effective when it is unanticipated.

The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp.

It was simply the way of human beings, subtly changing the past in their minds to match their current beliefs.

We need both heart and mind," Lirin said. "The heart might provide the purpose, but the head provides the method, the path. Passion is nothing without a plan. Wanting something doesn't make it happen.