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I call to mind flatness and dampness; and then all is madness - the madness of a memory which busies itself among forbidden things.
As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.
Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?
I've tried to meditate, but I feel like I always overthink the process. When I need to calm my mind, I will go for a family hike...
On the printed page, it's best to have everything - you know, to still mind your P's and Q's, dot your I's and cross your T's, yes.
Do not follow after the past; do not go forward to meet the future. Instead, just rest the mind naturally in the present awareness.
The more we keep our mind on ourselves and our wants, the more unhappy we become. God wants us to love others and meet their needs.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
If we took over Britain, then we'd have the job of cleaning up the bourgeoisie and keeping people in a revolutionary state of mind.
When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare
Today there is no greater force in the molding of the North American mind than the invasion of the imagination by the visual media.
See them demons and them omens staring at you, mind control, they want your soul. If he don't see a dollar, somebody visiting Satan
I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.
The desire to be primitive was very much a function of fin-de-siècle imperialism; it appealed to strong egos and domineering minds.
External circumstances can contribute to one's happiness and well-being, but ultimately happiness and suffering depend on the mind.
Transcending mind-made limitations doesn't mean you stop being yourself. On the contrary, you become more yourself than ever before.
I had a quick grasp of the secret to sanity, it had become the ability to hold the maximum of impossible combinations in one's mind.
In unphilosophical minds any rare or unexpected thing excites wonder, while in philosophical minds the familiar excites wonder also.
The mind, if slackened even a little, will cause defeat, the same as fearing the opponent will make you unable to use full strength.
To idealize: all writing is a campaign against cliché. Not just clichés of the pen but clichés of the mind and clichés of the heart.
Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture.
After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms.
An opened mind will eventually lead to a more well rounded artist and this will thus heightenen his or her level of professionalism.
Everything is God. Everything is light. It is only when we live in illusions, when there are shadows in our mind that we are afraid.
A company is an organic, living, breathing thing, not just an income sheet and balance sheet. You have to lead it with that in mind.
Look at somebody like Drake, the guy is one of the most vulnerable. He says exactly what's on his mind and that's why I respect him.
When the mind loses its feeling for elegance, it grows corrupt and groveling, and seeks in the crowd what ought to be found at home.
There where the course is, Delight makes all of the one mind, The riders upon the galloping horses, The crowd that closes in behind.
The numinous depth of the mystery that seems to have called us out of the animal mind is completely impenetrable to modern analysis.
We must avoid fastidiousness; neatness, when it is moderate, is a virtue; but when it is carried to an extreme, it narrows the mind.
The same spiritual fulfillment that people find in religion can be found in science by coming to know, if you will, the mind of God.
If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that's when your positive thoughts work.
As you walk, you simply walk. Don't go ahead, don't jump here and there. Mind always go ahead or lag behind. Remain with the moment.
The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.
Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record.
It is what you think of this situation that governs you and not the situation itself. Causation is always in mind and not in things.
It's good to bear in mind that like it or not, enlightenment has always been, even in a golden age, pretty much limited to an elite.
A mind is so closely shaped by the body and destined to serve it that only one mind could possibly arise in it. No body, never mind.
God gave women instinct and womanliness. Utilized appropriately, the combo effortlessly disorders the mind of any man I've ever met.
Truth is first felt in the heart before the mind. Those that look for truth through the mind before the heart will never find Truth.
I don't mind having a big butt - they're back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sure my booty's not dragging on the ground.
I dislike Bush as much as probably anybody on earth could, but having said that... It's not like I'm going to change anybody's mind.
It is only because you take your mind to be yourself, and make it dwell on what you are not, that you lose your sense of well-being.
Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.
To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation.
The mind is a vagrant thing.... Thinking is not analogous to a person working in a laboratory who invents something on company time.
Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world.
I can't picture in my mind three hundred and sixty thousand dollars... When I think of it, all I can see in my mind is a big nickel.
I'm controlling, and I want everything orderly, and I need lists. My mind goes a mile a minute. I'm difficult on every single level.
There's no question in my mind: not only am I going to be able to make it through 16 games, I'll make it through another five years.