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Mind Quotes

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.

When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other.

We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we are bound is a delusion.

Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.

There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bearon one point.

It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

Always keep the mind cheerful. Everyone will die once. Cowards suffer the pangs of death again and again, solely due to the fear in their own minds.

Your thoughts construct patterns like scaffolding in your mind. You are really etching chemical patterns. In most cases, people get stuck in those patterns, just like grooves in a record, and they never get out of them.

There's a phrase in Buddhism, 'Beginner's mind.' It's wonderful to have a beginner's mind.

Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.

There is no illness of the body except for the mind.

Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.