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Where music thundered let the mind be still, Where the will triumphed let there be no will, What light revealed, now let the dark fulfill.
People who love literature have at least part of their minds immune from indoctrination. If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.
Peace can be agreed around the conference table, but unless it grows in ordinary hearts and minds, it does not last. It may not even begin
Sickness is not just in the body, it could be in the mind, it could be in your intellect; it could be in the inhibitions of your intellect
Each of us has been endowed with the perfect power to be free. Slavery is a state of mind that fails to acknowledge the slave's own power.
Don't let them fool ya, or even try to school ya! Oh, no! We've got a mind of our own, so go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!
We need to understand how destructive emotions affect us and constructive emotions can help us, so that we can maintain our peace of mind.
What do you know what goes on inside a man's mind? Outside he may look like a gentleman, but inside ' e may 'ave the 'ankering for murder.
In the enfranchised mind of the scientific naturalist, the usual feelings of repugnance simply do not exist. Curiosity conquers prejudice.
He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.
You can't be a creative thinker if you're not stimulating your mind, just as you can't be an Olympic athlete if you don't train regularly.
To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false.
The Great Spirit is everywhere; He hears whatever is in our minds and our hearts, and it is not necessary to speak to Him in a loud voice.
All duality is a mind creation, all duality is created by the clinging and attached mind. When there is no attachment there is no duality.
To face calamity with a mind as unclouded as may be, and quickly to react against it-that in a city and in an individual-is real strength.
Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood.
To go beyond the mind, you must be silent and quiet. Peace and silence, silence and peace - this is the way beyond. Stop asking questions.
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
A primary purpose for setting goals is to get you moving in the right direction. When you set goals, you have to keep them always in mind.
Her mind emptied of everything but the gusting wind and how fragile Wolf looked in that heartbeat, like one movement could break him open.
I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.
O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded!
Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.
When I'm rhyming it's all in my head... Like the slaves, when they were picking cotton, they would block out their minds. They would sing.
I've started to think that maybe I wouldn't mind passing my demented genius on to some small thing who can set fire and breathe profanity.
Doubts raced through my mind as I considered the feasibility of enforcing a law which the majority of honest citizens didn't seem to want.
Keep in mind that in 1985, I had a potential readership of over 50 million Americans. At that time, a good portion of those were under 30.
It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death.
Art addresses itself to the mind, and not to the eyes. It has always been considered in this way by primitive peoples, and they are right.
You can be in a state of mind for a few seconds and forget that you were ever in any other state of mind. That's what we mean by illusion.
The mind and body communicate constantly. What the mind thinks, perceives, and experiences is sent from our brain to the rest of the body.
I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces very cruelly.
I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.
You must constantly check that you are meditating properly, and not become, what Clint Eastwood refers to as, "a legend in your own mind."
Your desire for consistency itself will set you on the right path. As long as you keep going up, never mind if you come down once or twice.
Plasticity loves new moulds because it can fill them, but for a man of sluggish mind and bad manners there is decidedly no place like home.
The idea I'd been toying with fully formed in my mind. "I'm plotting." "oh?" His mouth curved in a wicked grin. "Do Tell." Chapter 5 pg. 50
Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection.
To discover your mission and put it into action - instead of worrying on the sidelines - is to find peace of mind and a heart full of love.
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds; and these invaluable communications are within the reach of all.
Once you encourage the thought of compassion in your mind, once it becomes active, then your attitude towards others changes automatically.
You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.
What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has not put there in advance.
There can be no peace of mind in love, since the advantage one has secured is never anything but a fresh starting-point for future desires.
Would you believe that I once entered a beauty contest? I must have been out of my mind. I not only came in last, I got 361 get-well cards.
In my heart and mind, I know I can hit anybody. I'm always relaxed. It's hard to explain. It's like playing with my kids. It feels natural.
The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.
The advertising man is a liaison between the products of business and the mind of the nation. He must know both before he can serve either.
That's one of those meaningless and unanswerable questions the mind keeps returning to endlessly, like the tongue exploring a broken tooth.
For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade.