Mind Quotes - Page 46

I pout my lower lip for a second, but then I grin as the pieces come together in my mind. "THAT'S why you like me!" I exclaim. "Because you're not very nice either! It makes so much more sense now.

The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.

As far as thinking about death and murder and various ways of killing people and how people die... I probably have the most twisted mind in Slayer.

The emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard, our mind narrowed to focus on what might go wrong. When this happens, fear is no longer functioning to secure our survival. We are caught in the trance of fear and our moment-to-moment experience becomes bound in reactivity. We spend our time and energy defending our life rather than living it fully.

As long as we remain within the confines of the thinking mind, we can’t experience the state of non-thinking. If we can’t experience non-thinking, we will not understand what our life truly is. Please realize this for yourself! Just sit.

Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.

Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.

Integrating the mind is the essence of life. Decide you will always say and do only what you feel is right. Then, you will come to tremendous clarity and conviction in the inner and outer worlds.

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.

Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it’s a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending.

What keeps the world from reverting to the Neanderthal with each generation is the continuing, ongoing mythos... the huge body of common knowledge that unites our minds as cells are united in the body of man.

The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed.

Any man who thinks he knows the mind of a woman is a man who knows nothing.

When we turn the mind inwards, God manifests as the inner consciousness.

Everybody likes to say that Roger Federer is the Greatest Player of all time because its so nice to watch him play...but you have got to throw in Nadal's Mind as well...and That's the GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!

Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body that have somehow awakened a response in the spirit.

Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

Armed conflict between nations is a nightmare to me; but if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of its force, I should feel that it must be resisted.

I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

The best service you can do is to keep your thoughts on God. Keep God in mind every minute.

A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits

Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind

Painting pictures in our mind of what we want serves as the foundation for greater living and greater relationships.