Quotes About Mind

The human mind is like that monkey, incessantly active by its own nature; then it becomes drunk with the wine of desire, thus increasing its turbulence. After desire takes possession comes the sting of the scorpion of jealousy at the success of others, and last of all the demon of pride enters the mind, making it think itself of all importance. How hard to control such a mind! (I. 174)

The mind of the man who receives gifts is acted on by the mind of the giver, so the receiver is likely to become degenerated. Receiving gifts is prone to destroy the independence of the mind, and make us slavish. Therefore, receive no gifts.

The powers of the mind are like rays of light dissipated; when they are concentrated, they illumine.

Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

You are in the back of your head somewhere and you want to close your eyes and go away.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

'Gatekeeper' was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I haven't written many like that.

Memory depends mainly upon myth. Some even occurs in our minds, in actuality or in fantasy; we form it in memory, molding it like clay day after day - and soon we have made out of that event a myth. We then keep the myth in memory as a guide to future similar situations.

Hridaan, my younger son, has this unique talent of drawing incredible doodles and anime. Watching him draw soothes my mind. He is so detailed and focused that it never fails to amaze us.

I listen to R&B when I ain't rapping. It's soothing, it relaxes my mind, it takes me to different places, and it just opens up my brain.

Here, the broader issues are already familiar, and discussion has focused at a more sophisticated and detailed level. Within the philosophy of mind, the problem of consciousness is no big news.

I cannot sleep - great joy is as restless as great sorrow.

There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.

It is not the soul alone that should be healthy; if the mind is healthy in a healthy body, all will be healthy and much better prepared to give God greater service.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Curiosity, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul.

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her.

To regard the soul and body as one, or to ascribe to consciousness a physiological origin, is not detracting from its divinity; it is rather conferring divinity upon the body.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.

Your mind and soul are the kings of your physique way more than any exercise you do.

But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul.

A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!

I don't know what silence sounds like anymore.