- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mind Quotes
What occupies the mind, for better or worse.
Quotes about the "mind" here range widely — a lifelong search for hidden meaning sits alongside a startlingly honest admission that resentment has occupied more mental space than friendship ever did. For related reflection, see Body quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promptness and vigor in new and untried situations. It is hard to turn men's minds from the old and deeply worn channels in which they have long been flowing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are times when your mind isn't ready to go but your body is, and times when your body is ready to go but your mind isn't. You try to get the two in sync as much as possible.
- Skin
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- Nov 07, 2020
The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poem is never complete in the mind. It emerges, and then it's like an act of unveiling. The unveiling is the longest and most difficult part of it.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reading is an act of civilization; it's one of the greatest acts of civilization because it takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually I don't mind the gym when I get there, but I hate the psychological battle I have to go through to get there.
- Good Things
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- Nov 07, 2020