Quotes About Mental

It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

Intelligence will be used in the service of the neurosis.

This is peculiarly an age in which each of us may, if he do but search diligently, find the literature suited to his mental powers.

I tend to equate sadness with intelligence.

I want vasopressin, washed caffeine, Jumpstart, ginkgo biloba, guarana, and any intelligence enhancer introduced in the last five years.

Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence. Or insanity.

Intelligence is a way of thinking, not a choice of words.

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.

El insulto mental sólo admite el tuteo.

Aquella arruga reflejaba dos características de su naturaleza: su mal carácter y su perenne perplejidad ante cualquier operación mental más compleja que sumar dos y dos con los dedos.

The question never seems to be asked: is psychiatry a valid discipline?

I don't remember my dreams. I'm one of those weird people. I know there are tricks and things you can do, but I never remember my dreams.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

All in all, in-person social interaction is much better for mental health than electronic communication.

She doesn't have the reservoir of space to take anything else into her brain.

The attachment bond has shown that the language of infancy, which is emotionally laden and nonverbal, is such a powerful form of communication that it is responsible for shaping our mental, physical, and emotional development.

Man fights with his mind. His hands and his weapons are simply extensions of his will, and one of the fallacies of our era is the notion that equipment is the equivalent of force.

The word "depressed" is spoken phonetically as "deep rest". We can view depression not as a mental illness, but on a deeper level, as a profound, and very misunderstood, state of deep rest, entered into when we are completely exhausted by the weight of our own identity.

Brave is a mental illness you get when you're desperate. Sometimes it lasts for less than a minute. Sometimes it sticks with you forever, like leprosy or TB. It all depends on how many times you have to carry the condition around in your head.

You have control over the pictures that occupy your mind. — Jeff Keller

Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness. — Earl Nightingale

Yes, somehow I'd reached the point of mental instability where I was making up excuses to justify my actions to my own brain.