Quotes About Mind

The brain is wider than the sky.

Your mind cannot possibly understand God. Your heart already knows. Minds were designed for carrying out the orders of the heart.

No gain satisfies a greedy mind.

Man's happiness springs mainly from moderate troubles, which afford the mind a healthful stimulus, and are followed by a reaction which produces a cheerful flow of spirits.

Have a variety of interests. ... These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.

Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner life is difficult to achieve, especially in these trying times. It takes reflection and contemplation and self-discipline.

I think the inner person is the most important. ... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

With happiness comes intelligence to the heart.

It is in virtue that happiness consists, for virtue is the state of mind which tends to make the whole of life harmonious.

Hatred comes from the heart; contempt from the head; and neither feeling is quite within our control.

Hatred is self-punishment.

The head is always the dupe of the heart.

You don't get ulcers from what you eat. You get them from what's eating you.

[Tolerance] is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.

Man is a reasoning, rather than a reasonable animal.

Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

When you're depressed, the whole body is depressed, and it translates to the cellular level. The first objective is to get your energy up, and you can do it through play. It's one of the most powerful ways of breaking up hopelessness and bringing energy into the situation.

Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

The material universe exists only in the mind.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of a revelation.

We are lazier in our minds than in our bodies.

A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself; stupidity often saves a man from going mad.