Mind Quotes - Page 121

As humans, no matter our level of understanding, we are very complex beings with very complex thoughts. There are ideas that each of us have within our heads that are so different from each other it is mind boggling.

Mental purity will come through constant chanting of the divine name. This is the simplest way. You are trying to cross the ocean of transmigration, the cycle of birth and death. The mantra is the oar of the boat; it is the instrument you use to cross the samsara of your restless mind, with its unending thought waves. The mantra can also be compared to a ladder that you climb to reach the heights of God realization.

We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.

Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.

I like to think of myself as a very passionate person, and as very determined. So, if I set my mind on something, I definitely stop at no end to find within myself the power to keep going, whether that involves thinking of a new approach to a problem, or physically challenging myself.

Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.

Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

The ultimate quality of your life is not in your resume, but in the minds and hearts of those you mean something to because you gave yourself to them.

When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.

GET RID OF MEANING. YOUR MIND IS A NIGHTMARE THAT HAS BEEN EATING YOU: NOW EAT YOUR MIND.

Stuff your brain with knowledge.

My father taught me many things. Two of them come to mind right now: Stay true to your values. You can compromise on policies, but not your fundamental values or else you will get lost in the world of politics. The second thing is to listen to whoever you are talking to. People in your street, other politicians, company heads and workers. Learn from them.

The Government are extremely fond of amassing great quantities of statistics. These are raised to the nth degree, the cube roots are extracted, and the results are arranged into elaborate and impressive displays. What must be kept in mind, however, is that in every case, the figures are first put down by a village watchman, and he puts down anything he damn well pleases!

A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind.

Remember that the subconscious mind has determined the success and wonderful achievements of all great scientific workers.

There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.

Whenever a man denounces the mind, it is because his goal is of a nature the mind would not permit him to confess.

An attempt to gain a value by deceiving the mind of others is an act of raising your victims to a position higher than reality.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, unless you have a coupon for a free lunch...or someone gives you a lunch...never mind.

Emotions will either serve or master, depending on who is in charge.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

Science that leads over the horizon depends on gathering the best minds and enabling them to do what the best minds naturally seek to do: pursue the most thrilling questions of the time.

We need to admit the mind into Christian fellowship again. We need the mind disciplined in Christ, enlightened by faith, passionate for God and his creation, to be let loose in the world.