Mind Quotes - Page 393

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.

I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

The mind knows only what lies near the heart.

Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

It is more than probable that I am not understood; but I fear, indeed, that it is in no manner possible to convey to the mind of the merely general reader, an adequate idea of that nervous intensity of interest with which, in my case, the powers of meditation (not to speak technically) busied and buried themselves, in the contemplation of even the most ordinary objects of the universe.

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.

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.

Keep in mind, coal plants claim plenty of birds too. Sadly, hydro claims the lives of many fish. There is a price for everything. Solar does the best as far as very minimal wildlife damage.

By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.

To be conscious of Being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind. This is one of the most essential tasks on your spiritual journey.

Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the body as an emotion, and of this you can become aware.

Humans have been in the grip of pain for eons, ever since they fell from the state of grace, entered the realm of time and mind, and lost awareness of Being. At that point, they started to perceive themselves as meaningless fragments in an alien universe, unconnected to the Source and to each other.

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

Waiting is a state of mind that says we want what we don't have. Therefore, with every kind of waiting we produce an inner conflict between now and the projected future. This greatly reduces the quality of our life. Are you a 'habitual waiter'?

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

Over-excitement and boredom are states of mind which I equally shun.

No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and reason is just one of its various techniques.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting.