Mind Quotes - Page 57

Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeonholes.

The greatest distance in the world is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts.

Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.

The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine.

Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.

When I play from my mind I get in trouble.

Chance favors the connected mind.

Non-attachment is not the elimination of desire. It is the spaciousness to allow any quality of mind, any thought or feeling, to arise without closing around it, without eliminating the pure witness of being. It is an active receptivity to life.

The lamps are different, but the Light is the same. One matter, one energy, one Light, one Light-mind, endlessly emanating all things.

The most important pieces of equipment you need for doing yoga are your body and your mind.

Stress is not a state of mind... it's measurable and dangerous, and humans can't seem to find their off-switch.

Mind is a tool invented by the universe to see itself; but it can never see all of itself, for much the same reason that you can't see your own back (without mirrors).

When you live with beautiful things you stimulate your mind, you enjoy life a little bit more.

Mindless Christianity is no Christianity at all. You can't love what you don't know.

Having the positive belief that it will all be O.K. just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.

My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep.

In Paradise there are things which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has thought of.

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority, and control – your mind and your mouth.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.