509 quotes found
“Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.”
“Most of us go through each day looking for what we saw yesterday And, not surprisingly, that is what we find.”
“The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it?”
“I thought about the relentless thought-processing, soul-devouring machine that is my brain, and wondered how on earth I was ever going to master it. Then I remembered that line from Jaws and couldn...”
“The mind can never be satisfied.”
“It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.”
“Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.”
“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.”
“I would not bend.They could not make me Pliable.My mind was strong.My mind was mine.”
“Since the beginning of time, people have been trying to change the world so that they can be happy. This hasnt ever worked, because it approaches the problem backward. What The Work gives us is a w...”
“We move between two darknesses.”
“As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome ...”
“Thinking of the stars night after night I begin to realize 'The stars are words' and all the innumerable worlds in the Milky Way are words, and so is this world too. And I realize that no matter wh...”
“When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless." We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a s...”
“The mind is left bereft when it is nothing more than a tool of regurgitation.”
“Stock your mind. It is your house of treasure and no one in the world can interfere with it.”
“Juilin," she asked hesitantly, "what were you going to do with the salt and cooking oil? Not exactly," she added more quickly. "Just a general idea." He looked at her for a moment. "I do not know. ...”
“When all thoughtsAre exhaustedI slip into the woodsAnd gatherA pile of shepherd's purse.Like the little streamMaking its wayThrough the mossy crevicesI, too, quietlyTurn clear and transparent.”
“In El-harm, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes.To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies.Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark,Else upon your mind they'll place a mark...”
“The weaker mind reacts.”
