Mind Quotes - Page 90

The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be delimited by things. So when we speak of 'limits', we remain confined to limited things. The limit of the unlimited is called 'fullness.' The limitlessness of the limited is called 'emptiness.' Tao is the source of both. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness

Begin with the end in mind. Start with the end outcome and work backwards to make your dream possible.

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.

When cafe life thrives, talk is a shared limberness of the mind that improves appetite for conversation: an adequate sentence maker is then made good, a good one excellent, an excellent one extraordinary.

Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does

Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free.

Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.

When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not distracted by anything. It is the feeling of knowing exactly where you are and what you are doing.

It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss it and wallow in the remembered pleasures of every mouthful. Those whose minds dwell before dinner on the spit, and after on the dishes, are fit only to be scullions.

The body is a vehicle for the mind, and that vehicle is how you travel through space.

True wealth is having a healthy mind, body, and spirit. True wealth is having the knowledge to maneuver and navigate the mental obstacles that inhibit your ability to soar.

Every shot I have ever made has been a compromise in some way. No image has ever been as good as the one I envisioned in my mind's eye.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Peace is your natural state. It is the mind that obstructs the natural state.

If I'm going to die, the best way to prepare is to quiet my mind and open my heart. If I'm going to live, the best way to prepare for it is to quiet my mind and open my heart.

For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.

I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for Rolling Stone for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class.

Just as the pure crystal takes color from the object which is nearest to it, so the mind, when it is cleared of thought-waves, achieves sameness or identity with the object of its concentration.

God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers we come to discern the mind of God.

Fashion anticipates ... elegance is a state of mind.

The way of the mind is to study many things; the way of the Beingness is to focus on one thing.

What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman's mind?

I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.

Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.