Mind Quotes - Page 99

The most learned are often the most narrow minded.

My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.

Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

You will notice that in all disputes between Christians since the birth of the Church, Rome has always favored the doctrine which most completely subjugated the human mind and annihilated reason.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

The Buddha’s last words instructed us to be heedful—to see our actions as important and to keep that importance in mind at all times.

With Material for the Spine, I am interested in alloying a technical approach to the processes of improvisation. It is a system for exploring interior and exterior muscles of the back. It aims to bring consciousness to the dark side of the body, that is, the ‘other’ side, or the inside, those sides not much self-seen, and to submit sensations from them to the mind for consideration.

I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.

Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

Magick, in it's own way, is a science of psychology because it uses the power of the mind to bring forth change in one's life.

The analytic psychotherapist thus has a threefold battle to wage -- in his own mind against the forces which seek to drag him down from the analytic level; outside the analysis, against opponents who dispute the importance he attaches to the sexual instinctual forces and hinder him from making use of them in his scientific technique; and inside the analysis, against his patients, who at first behave like opponents but later on reveal the overvaluation of sexual life which dominates them, and who try to make him captive to their socially untamed passion.

Hands learn more than minds do, hands learn how to hold other hands.

In a speedy and aggressive culture, we need different principles to live by-bravery and insight. The first moment of bravery is building trust in the mind, which we do in meditation. When we know how to create peace in our own mind, we can transform the world.

If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.

The best evidence of a mind is when you change it

I never knew a man escape failures, in either mind or body, who worked seven days in a week.

There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important, and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything, and facts are junked when they do not fit theory.

Our identification with the mind and body is the chief reason for our failure to know our self as we truly are.

Music is meaningless noise unless it touches a receiving mind.

...you're a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind

I want considerate people to listen to the voice of Aikido. It is not for correcting others; it is for correcting your own mind. This is Aikido. This is the mission of Aikido and should be your mission.

The wonder of Independence is that it encourages open minds and the desire to improve.

Food makes my mind sluggish.

In the mind of a woman for whom no place is home the thought of an end to all flight is unbearable.

We love God with our mind by taking the time to fill our mind with the Word.