Quotes About Mental

Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle toward a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.

The Six Diseases: 1. The desire for victory. 2. The desire to resort to technical cunning. 3. The desire to display all that has been learned. 4. The desire to awe the enemy. 5. The desire to play the passive role. 6. The desire to get rid of whatever disease one is affected by.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

The mind is everything. What you think you become. You yourself, as much anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

It is because of their corrupt thoughts That creatures go to Misery.

Sometimes, insanity is not a tragedy. Sometimes, it's a strategy for survival. Sometimes ... it's a triumph.

Why shouldn't a madman dream of being sane?

The genes for depression cause peoples' brains to overreact to stress.

Se a claustrofobia do espírito fora a doença dos vitorianos, em troca, era, agora, a agorafobia do espírito o tormento que viria a atazanar os seus descendentes.

and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me

as intense heat and cold, though unlike, produce like sensations, so innocence and guilt, when, through casual association with mental pain, stamping any visible impress, use one seal- a hacked one.

As before, the Pequod steeply leaned over towards the sperm whale's head, now, by the counterpoise of both heads, she regained her even keel; though sorely strained, you may well believe. So, when on one side you hoist in Locke's head, you go over that way; but now, on the other side, hoist in Kant's and you come back again; but in very poor plight. Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat. Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right.

His mind appeared unstrung, if not still more seriously affected.

a face which would have been a very fine one but for its haggardness. Whether this haggardness had aught to do with criminality, could not be determined; since, as intense heat and cold, though unlike, produce like sensations, so innocence and guilt, when, through casual association with mental pain, stamping any visible impress, use one seal--a hacked one.

Thinking, thinking—a wheel I cannot stop; pure want of sleep it is that turns it.

There is not much mental distance between a feeling of having been screwed and the ethic of total retaliation, or at least the kind of random revenge that comes with outraging the public decency.

I was so far beyond simple fatigue that I was beginning to feel nicely adjusted to the idea of permanent hysteria.

Hallucinations are bad enough. But after a while you learn to cope with things like seeing your dead grandmother crawling up your leg with a knife in her teeth.

i'm going mad, i told myself. let me not be mad.

Exhaustion made him vulnerable to the thoughts he wanted least.

I got a dog-training book. It says Grendel needs mental stimulation, so I tried to train him, but I think he must be retarded.

Are you waiting for a clue to fall on your head? Derek asked. Yep. Tell me if you see one coming. Nope. My super mental powers must be getting rusty.

People can snap. People have a limit. And some people are just plain nuts.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.