Mind Quotes - Page 133

I don't know what God is, or what God had in mind when the universe was set in motion. In fact, I don't know if God even exists, although I confess that I sometimes find myself praying in times of great fear, or despair, or astonishment at a display of unexpected beauty.

An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind.

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

It is impossible for the mind to remain undisturbed by thoughts, but anyone serious about the matter can certainly permit them entry or drive them away, and although their origin does not lie entirely under our control we can choose to approve of them and to adopt them.

Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.

When it's time for me to walk away from something, I walk away from it. My mind, my body, my conscience tell me that enough is enough.

Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right.

The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.

Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.

The only competition you will have is the competition between your disciplined and undisciplined mind.

Any company trying to compete...must figure out a way to engage the mind of every employee.

Limited minds can recognize limitations only in others.

The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to work directly with the most primary elements of our body and our mind, to see the ways we get trapped by our fears, desires, and anger, to learn directly our capacity for freedom.

Hey, no offense, but do you mind if you put both your palms where I can see ’em?

I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body; women, for example - out of the prison of corsets.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.

There exists just the One mind.

All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon as you stir your mind you turn away from it.

We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.

If your mind can go along with you it is a blessing. If your mind obeys you, it is a super-blessing.

A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.

The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.