Quotes Mind

mind n.
1 : RECOLLECTION, MEMORY (keep that in mind) (time out of mind)
2 a : the element or complex of elements in an individual that feels, perceives, thinks, wills, and especially reasons
b : the conscious mental events and capabilities in an organism
c : the organized conscious and unconscious adaptive mental activity of an organism
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open." -James Dewar

"The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future." -Joseph Conrad

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." -Milton

"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true." -John Lilly

"This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men." -Captain J.A. Hadfield

"All that is comes from the mind; it is based on the mind, it is fashioned by the mind." -The Pali Canon 500-250 B.C.

"It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well." -Rene Descartes 1637

"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands." -Seneca 4 B.C. -A.D. 65

"The growth fo the human mind is still high adventure, in many ways the highest adventure on earth." -Norman Cousins

"Let us consider the nature of true greatness in men. The people who can catch hold of men's minds and feelings and inspire them to do things bigger than themselves are the people who are remembered in history. . . . those who stir feelings and imagination and make men struggle toward perfection." -Henry Eyring

"Actually, the good news is that great minds don't always think alike." –Goldman Sachs advertisement in the Wall St. Journal, January 2000

"Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier." –Charles Kettering

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