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The Mind Quotes

The idea that there could be other universes out there is really one that stretches the mind in a great way Picture Quote #1

When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way Picture Quote #1

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up Picture Quote #1

Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind Picture Quote #1

People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone Picture Quote #1

The brain is not a bag of traits. It’s startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind Picture Quote #1

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In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house Picture Quote #1

The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears Picture Quote #1

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on Picture Quote #1

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you Picture Quote #1

The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities Picture Quote #1

Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses Picture Quote #1

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The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind Picture Quote #1

Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also Picture Quote #1

What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind Picture Quote #1

One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean Picture Quote #1

To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic Picture Quote #1

Imagine a famine. Now imagine a piece of bread. Both of these things are real but you happen to be in the same room with only one of them. Put yourself into a different room, that’s what the mind is for Picture Quote #1

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One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn’t have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep Picture Quote #1

Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there Picture Quote #1

It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road Picture Quote #1

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind Picture Quote #1

All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind Picture Quote #1

The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive Picture Quote #1

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There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought Picture Quote #1

Whiskey makes the heart beat faster but it sure doesn’t help the mind and isn’t it funny how you can ache just from the deadly drone of existence? Picture Quote #1

It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings Picture Quote #1

Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt Picture Quote #1

Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation Picture Quote #1

I may err but I am not a heretic, for the first has to do with the mind and the second with the will! Picture Quote #1

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The idea that there could be other universes out there is really one that stretches the mind in a great way (The Mind Quotes) When you look at the sun during your walking meditation, the mindfulness of the body helps you to see that the sun is in you; without the sun there is no life at all and suddenly you get in touch with the sun in a different way (The Mind Quotes) The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up (The Mind Quotes) Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind (The Mind Quotes) People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone (The Mind Quotes) The brain is not a bag of traits. It’s startlingly complex. There are few or no single genes with a consistent effect on the mind (The Mind Quotes) In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that lodge an image in the mind and put the listener in the burning house (The Mind Quotes) The earliest sensation at the onset of illness, often preceding the recognition of identifiable symptoms, is apprehension. Something has gone wrong, and a glimpse of mortality shifts somewhere deep in the mind. It is the most ancient of our fears (The Mind Quotes) People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on (The Mind Quotes) The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you (The Mind Quotes) The idea that the mind can extend even beyond the body is an intriguing one, and is bound to become more pressing as we increasingly develop technologies that augment our natural abilities (The Mind Quotes) Imagination though it cannot wipe out the sting of remorse can instruct the mind in its proper uses (The Mind Quotes) The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind (The Mind Quotes) Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also (The Mind Quotes) What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind (The Mind Quotes) One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean (The Mind Quotes) To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset to accept defenselessness. How unnatural. How cheap. How cowardly. How pathetic (The Mind Quotes) Imagine a famine. Now imagine a piece of bread. Both of these things are real but you happen to be in the same room with only one of them. Put yourself into a different room, that’s what the mind is for (The Mind Quotes) One of the pitfalls of childhood is that one doesn’t have to understand something to feel it. By the time the mind is able to comprehend what has happened, the wounds of the heart are already too deep (The Mind Quotes) Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there (The Mind Quotes) It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road (The Mind Quotes) Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind (The Mind Quotes) All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind (The Mind Quotes) The art of living... is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive (The Mind Quotes) There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought (The Mind Quotes) Whiskey makes the heart beat faster but it sure doesn’t help the mind and isn’t it funny how you can ache just from the deadly drone of existence? (The Mind Quotes) It may be that when we no longer know which way to go that we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings (The Mind Quotes) Whereas the beautiful is limited, the sublime is limitless, so that the mind in the presence of the sublime, attempting to imagine what it cannot, has pain in the failure but pleasure in contemplating the immensity of the attempt (The Mind Quotes) Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation (The Mind Quotes) I may err but I am not a heretic, for the first has to do with the mind and the second with the will! (The Mind Quotes)

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