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And there it was again. Another religion turned against itself. Another edifice constructed by the human mind, decimated by human nature.
The conception of education as a social process and function has no definite meaning until we define the kind of society we have in mind.
I believe that all true art is classic, but the dictates of the mind rarely permit of its being recognized as such when it first appears.
The purely abstract theorist runs the risk that, as with modern decor, the furniture of the mind will be sparse, bare, and uncomfortable.
Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind.
The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.
It is necessary for the mind to become free of the illusions of this world and become a fine and marvelous instrument of the Inner Being.
By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I am free," becomes free.
The greatest gift for an individual or a nation... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of all buddhas.
The very first discovery of beauty strikes the mind with an inward joy, and spreads a cheerfulness and delight through all its faculties.
You are making an inopportune rejection of what Nature has given you today, if all your mind is set on what men will say of you tomorrow.
My mind works like Google for images. You put in a key word; it brings up pictures. See language for me narrates the pictures in my mind.
Positioning is how you differentiate yourself in the mind of the prospect. That is, you position the product in the mind of the prospect.
Soup not only warms you and is easy to swallow and to digest, it also creates the illusion in the back of your mind that Mother is there.
I do not play games. There is not time for it. When I get through with work, I don't want anything that requires the working of the mind.
If you want to build a brand, you must focus your branding efforts on owning a word in the prospect's mind. A word that nobody else owns.
Certainly that sputterless little candleflame of the mediocre mind known as 'common sense' has never produced anything worth celebrating.
Although your mind works, your heart is darkened with depravity; and without a pure heart there can be no complete and true consciousness
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.
There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all.
Visiting my mind is like visiting the Hermes factory. Sh*t is real. You're not going to find a chink. It's 100,000 per cent Jimi Hendrix.
I had a strong identity in mind but then of course I had to trust Didier Dubot's expertise. They've been doing jewelry for so many years.
If my mind cannot be tied down, if my dreams cannot be diminished, then no amount of restraints can really guarantee my quiet submission.
Religion becomes a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.
We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body.
The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
A mind at liberty to reflect on its own observations, if it produce nothing useful to the world, seldom fails of entertainment to itself.
My dad's great. He's my biggest supporter. He's always told me that whatever I choose to do, I can do it. I just gotta put my mind to it.
There are more hackers breeding every day, and more brilliant minds are turning into hackers. Security has advanced, but so have hackers.
Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable.
Through the ingenuousness of her age beamed an ardent mind, a mind not of the women but of the poet; she did not please, she intoxicated.
All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.
These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.
My invite must have gotten lost in the mail," she said venomously. "But I don't mind crashing this party. -Maximum Ride talking to Max II
Advanced engineering always, like advanced everything else, brings down upon it the discredit of ridicule of minds who cannot see so far.
What a computer is to me is it's the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
It is almost impossible to exaggerate the proneness of the human mind to take miracles as evidence, and to seek for miracles as evidence.
I never find words right away. Poems for me always begin with images and rhythms, shapes, feelings, forms, dances in the back of my mind.
Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
Working under the Soviet system made you very paranoid - people were afraid of everything - and this paranoia is still in people's minds.
I believe we are powerful but we don't use our minds to full capacity. Your mind is powerful enough to help you attain whatever you want.
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
The world is known by the senses The senses are known by the mind The mind is known by Consciousness And Consciousness is known by itself
The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.
I don't mind anyone asking me any questions, I've got nothing to hide. I like it to be as real as it is, that's what I call an interview.
I've never been one to check for what the next person is doing. My circumstances and my mind have set me apart and I will never blend in.