Mind Quotes - Page 110

It's not the method, it's the mindset.

Talking about things that are understandable only weighs down the mind.

My mind is my laboratory.

Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle.

He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.

Painting done under pressure by artists without the necessary talent can only give rise to formlessness, as painting is a profession that requires peace of mind.

Of course, the drug does not produce the transcendent experience. It merely acts as a chemical key — it opens the mind, frees the nervous system of its ordinary patterns and structures.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.

My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures.

A lot of people have pretty little heads, but it's difficult to find a pretty little mind.

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

The unconscious mind writes poetry if it's left alone.

A compassionate heart still feels anger, greed, jealousy, and other such emotions. But it accepts them for what they are with equanimity, and cultivates the strength of mind to let them arise and pass without identifying with or acting upon them.

The poem comes in the form of a blessing, like rapture breaking on the mind.

Give all your attention to the question: 'What is it that makes me conscious?', until your mind becomes the question itself and cannot think of anything else.

Pharmacology is benefited by the prepared mind. You need to know what you are looking for.

Examine thus yourself from every side. Note harmful thoughts and every futile striving. Thus it is that heroes in the bodhisattva path Apply the remedies to keep a steady mind.

Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.

Meditation practice is relevant because in meditation our conceptual mind relaxes and we can feel who we are at heart.

If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.

The Creator made women to please the eye, and to boggle the mind.

Arguments cannot be answered with insults. . . . Kindness is strength. . . . Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm.