Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.
There’s something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can’t help getting in sync.
Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
Wellness is not a ‘medical fix’ but a way of living – a lifestyle sensitive and responsive to all the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit, an approach to life we each design to achieve our highest potential for well-being now and forever.
An exciting and inspiring future awaits you beyond the noise in your mind, beyond the guilt, doubt, fear, shame, insecurity and heaviness of the past you carry around.
When you quiet your mind, you can enter a world of clarity, peace and understanding.
It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
Never neglect details. When everyone’s mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
It took me a while to understand the meaning of a franchise: the reasons why you see lawyer, doctor, cop shows. It’s not because anyone in their right mind says, ‘You know, what’s the most fascinating thing in the world?’ It’s because you need something new that happens every week in a frame.
When you are on the field as a captain, the mind is always working. You cannot relax at any point of time. You are always focussing on what is going to be the next move, what if it doesn’t work, what if the situation changes and you have to change your plan.
It blows my mind – whenever you’re stuck in one place, you think this is how the world is, and then you walk out and see there’s so many layers to everything.
If you want to reach a goal, you must ‘see the reaching’ in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts.
There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.
In my mind, I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y’all just didn’t know yet.
I’m not a rich person financially, but I am in mind and soul. I have so much energy and strength, and I can do a lot of things that make me, and I think my fans, quite happy. When everything’s gone, music alone shall live on.
Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‘yours,’ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
My father used to say, ‘I want you to be a good man; I want you to learn how to work. And I want you to be a serious person.’ I grew up with that in my mind.
Don’t try to be young. Just open your mind. Stay interested in stuff. There are so many things I won’t live long enough to find out about, but I’m still curious about them. You know people who are already saying, ‘I’m going to be 30 – oh, what am I going to do?’ Well, use that decade! Use them all!
If we could get your subconscious mind to agree with your conscious mind about being happy, that’s when your positive thoughts work.
Oscar Wilde: ‘Do you mind if I smoke?’ Sarah Bernhardt: ‘I don’t care if you burn.’
I don’t know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I’m some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
I try to keep in mind that it’s a long journey. It’s not a race. It’s about staying focused, continuing to do good work, make my family and community proud; that’s all I really want to do… and pay my bills.
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
Rihanna takes risks, and I love a woman who takes risks. It just goes to show you have your own mind and your own way of thinking.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
The world rolls round forever like a mill; it grinds out death and life and good and ill; it has no purpose, heart or mind or will.
We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly – spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.
Work hard for what you want because it won’t come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.
You don’t have a soul; you are your own soul. In other words, you are not this book, your social security card, your body, or your mind. You are you.
We must shift our thinking away from short-term gain toward long-term investment and sustainability, and always have the next generations in mind with every decision we make.
The name ‘Seventh-day Adventist’ carries the true features of our faith in front and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord’s quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God’s law, and will lead to repentance toward God, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
We are human beings, you need to mentally switch off now and again to refresh your body and mind. But I never just lie on the couch in my downtime, I still keep my body in good shape.
Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
The thought of a limit to perceptual space and time staggers the mind.
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.
For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
We think about education as a stepping stone into a higher socio-economic class, into a better job. And it does do those things. But I don’t think that’s what it really is. I experienced it as getting access to different ideas and perspectives and using them to construct my own mind.
The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it’s craving for more.
‘The Lion’ all began with a picture of a faun carrying an umbrella and parcels in a snowy wood. This picture had been in my mind since I was about sixteen. Then one day, when I was about forty, I said to myself, ‘Let’s try to make a story about it.’
The mind’s passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell.
Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
Going to the gym is great for your body, but it’s also great for your mind.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose – a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as the dancer of his feet, or the boxer of his hands.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
We can’t avoid age. However, we can avoid some aging. Continue to do things. Be active. Life is fantastic in the way it adjusts to demands; if you use your muscles and mind, they stay there much longer.
