“The mind knows only what lies near the heart.”
Edith Hamilton book Mythology
Source: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Speech at the University of California, Berkley, as broadcast by Pacifica Radio (4 January 1969)
1960s
“The mind knows only what lies near the heart.”
Edith Hamilton book Mythology
Source: Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes
Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
Source: Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now
“Gentleness clears the soul
Love cleans the mind
And makes it Free.”
David Bowie (1947–2016) British musician, actor, record producer and arranger
“Only the most uncritical minds are free from doubt.”
Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "Conservation Esthetic", p. 165.
Wei Wu Wei (1895–1986) writer
The Tenth Man : The Great Joke (1966)
“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
Marcus Garvey (1887–1940) Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur
Steve Maraboli (1975)
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 26