Mind Quotes

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

Once you make up your mind never to stand waiting and hesitating when your conscience tells you what you ought to do, and you have got the key to every blessing that a sinner can reasonably hope for.

I accept that in a free society you have to justify reductions in people's liberties. I accept that, bearing in mind my starting point is that the most important human right is the right to life.

The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens.

The essential thing is to bear always in mind that trouble can appear at any time. Be aware.Be ready.Be alert.

I have a single track mind. I work on an idea for a long time. It's like getting acquainted with a person, and I don't get acquainted easily.

I didn't mind being unpopular at school, because everyone else was a heathen.

An artist must smash down the systems that domesticate the mind.

The only real stupidity is that of a closed mind.

Don't be sad cause your sun is down, the night doesn't need your sorrow. Don't be sad cause the light is gone, just keep your mind on tomorrow.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.

I don't mind being miserable as long as I'm painting well.

Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.

...concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

I don't like to read books. They muss up my mind.

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.

Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.

I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.

You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

What do you hang on the walls of your mind?

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast I can't remember what I said or what happened.

I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop.

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit.

People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly-simplified beliefs and to hold them with excessive confidence

My survival was up to me. I had nothing and I had no one. What I did have, I told myself, was my mind, my imagination, my memory, my feelings, my spirit. These were important and powerful things.

Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.

If you have positive energy you will always attract positive outcomes.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

What I believe, according to my own experience, is that a calm, peaceful mind is a very important element for sustaining the body in a balanced way.

The only way some of us exercise our minds is by jumping to conclusions.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste was the slogan, but now it's 95 and it's don't forget the Trojan.

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

Let the parent ask "Why?" and the child produce the answer, if he can. After he has turned the matter over in his mind, there is no harm in telling him - and he will remember it - the reason why.

if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

The mind's job is to validate what it thinks.

Television captures the mind but does not liberate it. A good book at once stimulates and frees the mind.

The unconditioned mind intuits truth.

The more you like yourself, the better you do at everything you put your mind to.

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.

Let's start with what we can be thankful for, and get our mind into that vibration, and then watch the good that starts to come, because one thought leads to another thought.

If you can conceive it in your mind, then it can be brought to the physical world.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

When you have a creative mind it doesn't stop going.

Heart and mind overcome all.