Quotes about mind
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“Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby

God, Girl, Kiss, Wedding

“That strange, twisted, torn love.

That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.”

David Levithan Boy Meets Boy

Source: Boy Meets Boy

Love, Heart

“You're imagining things. Clearly, my stunning beauty has clouded your mind. -Rose Hathaway”

Richelle Mead book Frostbite

Source: Frostbite

Beauty, Imagination

“Approval is overrated… Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.”

Gregory Maguire (1954) Novelist

“Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Source: Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know

Color, Painting

“Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.”

Graham Greene book The Power and the Glory

Source: The Power and the Glory

Hope, Animals, Despair

“I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.”

Aimee Bender (1969) Novelist, short story writer

Source: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Idea

“I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.”

Bear Grylls (1974) Chief Scout, adventurer, author

Source: Mud, Sweat and Tears

Night

“Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued.”

Jodi Picoult book The Tenth Circle

Source: The Tenth Circle

People

“My head is killing me, my throat is killing me, my stomach bubbles with toxic waste. I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid if this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

Sleep

“Consistency is the defense of a small mind”

David Eddings (1931–2009) American novelist

Source: The Seeress of Kell

“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.”

Washington Irving (1783–1859) writer, historian and diplomat from the United States

“Poppy: Um, can we cross running water?
James: Sure. And we can walk into people's homes without being invited, and roll in garlic if we don't mind losing friends.”

L.J. Smith (1965) American author

Source: Secret Vampire/Daughters of Darkness/Spellbinder

People, Home, Water

“I can't believe he didn't have the dignity and presence of mind just to get drunk and pass out in some gutter," said Jace. "I must say, I'm disappointed in the little fellow.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Disappointment

“Roaring dreams take place in a perfectly silent mind. Now that we know this, throw the raft away.”

Jack Kerouac book The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

Source: The Scripture of the Golden Eternity

Dreams

“And even if you didn't fall in love in the eighties, in your mind it will feel like the eighties, all innocent and airbrushed, with bright colors and shoulder pads and Pat Benetar or the Cure on the soundtrack.”

Jonathan Tropper (1970) American writer

Source: This is Where I Leave You

Love, Color, Feeling

“The energy of life entering and leaving your body flows evenly throughout the universe. With that current, the mind of the cosmos communicates with all things.”

Ilchi Lee (1950) South Korean businessman

Source: LifeParticle Meditation: A Practical Guide to Healing and Transformation

Life, Communication, Universe

“He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. "But you're…"

"Pretty? Think again." She smiled. "I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car.”

Scott Westerfeld (1963) American science fiction writer

Smile, Cars, Thinking

“So how do you know him? (Shahara)
I knocked on his door one day and said, ‘Hi, I’m here to rob you. Hope you don’t mind. Oh, and by the way, will you be my friend?’ (Syn)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Born of Fire

Hope, Way

“You have to learn how to help a wounded child while still practicing mindful breathing. You should not allow yourself to get lost in action. Action should be meditation at the same time.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Learning, Time, Help

“It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.”

Charles Bukowski book Ham on Rye

Source: Ham on Rye

Pain, Hope, Feeling, Reading

“When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.”

Horace Walpole (1717–1797) English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician

People

“My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.”

Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer

Rage

“As I fear not a child with a weapon he cannot lift, I will never fear the mind of a man who does not think.”

Brandon Sanderson book Words of Radiance

Source: Words of Radiance

Fear, Thinking

“Do you believe a man can truly love a woman and constantly betray her? Never mind physically but betray her in his mind, in the very "poetry of his soul". Well, it's not easy but men do it all the time.”

Mario Puzo book Fools Die

Source: Fools Die

Love, Men, Soul, Time

“Be tough minded but tenderhearted.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

Source: Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life

“A genius is simply one who has taken full possession of his own mind and directed it toward objectives of his own choosing, without permitting outside influences to discourage or mislead him.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“Like silence after noise, or cool, clear water on a hot, stuffy day, Emptiness cleans out the messy mind and charges up the batteries of spiritual energy. Many people are afraid of Emptiness, however, because it reminds them of Loneliness.”

Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh

Source: The Tao of Pooh

People, Silence, Water, Loneliness

“It's good to leave behind all that is comfortable and known every so often. It opens one's mind to the wide world.”

Kristen Britain book Blackveil

Source: Blackveil

World

“He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed. She'd probably mind.”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: Splendid

Clothes

“Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?”

Judy Blume (1938) American children's writer

Source: Forever . . .

Question

“Look at him. The face of a bad angel and eyes like the night sky in Hell. He's very pretty, and vampires like that. I can't say I mind either.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Angels, Hell, Night

“The very idea of making shoes by hand boggled her mind.”

Scott Westerfeld book Uglies

Source: Uglies

Shoe, Idea

“When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

“A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.”

Robert McKee (1941) American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters

Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Art, Music, Silence, Dance

“My body might be a slave, but not my mind. For you, it's the other way round.”

Sue Monk Kidd (1948) Novelist

Source: The Invention of Wings

Way

“All writing is garbage. People who come out of nowhere to try and put into words any part of what goes on in their minds are pigs.”

Antonin Artaud (1896–1948) French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director

People, Parting

“Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game.”

Gary Gygax (1938–2008) American writer and game designer

GameSpy interview by Allen Rausch, Pt. 1 (15 August 2004) http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/538/538817p2.html

Game, Chance

“The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.”

Edward de Bono (1933) Maltese physician

People

“Anything you don’t understand, Mr. Rankin, you attribute to God. God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it.”

Carl Sagan book Contact

Source: Contact (1985), Chapter 10 (p. 166)

God, World, Intelligence, Understanding

“The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

Life

“The moment someone keeps an eye on what we do, we involuntarily make allowances for that eye, and nothing we do is truthful. Having a public, keeping a public in mind, means living in lies…”

Milan Kundera book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Truth

“Those single-track military minds never think to ask their cleaning staff for help in giant lethal marauding creature matters.”

Robin McKinley book Sunshine

Source: Sunshine

Thinking, Help

“"I can't make sense out of that girl," he said to the bard. "Can you?"
"Never mind," Fflewddur said. "We aren't really expected to."”

Lloyd Alexander book The Book of Three

Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964), Chapter 12

Girl, Sense

“What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.”

Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher

Section 89
Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)

People

“Sometimes when she was alone, and she knew she was alone, she permitted her mind to play in a garden, and she smiled.”

John Steinbeck book East of Eden

Source: East of Eden

Smile

“That was all part of giving someone a piece of your heart; they ended up taking a whole chunk of your mind and reserving it all for themselves.”

Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now

Source: If You Could See Me Now

Heart, Parting

“The mind I love must have wild places.”

Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) New Zealand author

Love

“Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.”

Herman Wouk book The Winds of War

Source: The Winds of War

Love, War, Fear, Peace

“You're always free to change your mind
and choose a different future, or a different past.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Change, Past, Future

“It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.”

Douglas Adams book Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Cry

“The mind thinks thoughts that we don't plan. It's not as if we say, 'At 9:10 I'm going to be filled with self-hatred.”

Sharon Salzberg (1952) American writer

Thinking

“On a busy day twenty-two thousand people come to visit Santa, and I was told that it is an elf's lot to remain merry in the face of torment and adversity. I promised to keep that in mind.”

David Sedaris (1956) American author

People, Business

“Only two kind of daughters. Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind! Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter!”

Amy Tan The Joy Luck Club

Source: The Joy Luck Club (1989), Ch. 8, pg. 142

Daughters

“Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.”

Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer

“Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.”

Arundhati Roy (1961) Indian novelist, essayist

People, Color, Clothes, Dead

“… think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.”

Terry Goodkind Blood of the Fold

Source: Blood of the Fold

Problem, Thinking

“Silence, and then Eve said, "Okay, that was extra creepy, with whipped creepy topping. And this is me, changing my mind.”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

Source: Lord of Misrule

Silence, Change

“The test of the machine is the satisfaction it gives you. There isn't any other test. If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed.”

Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Change

“In order to learn, one must change one's mind.”

Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist

Learning, Change

“The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hard - one that thinks too much.”

Benjamin Hoff book The Tao of Pooh

Source: The Tao of Pooh

Way, Thinking

“There are certain half-dreaming moods of mind in which we naturally steal away from noise and glare, and seek some quiet haunt where we may indulge our reveries and build our air castles undisturbed.”

Washington Irving (1783–1859) writer, historian and diplomat from the United States

Source: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Dreams, Mood, Nature

“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint mixed with a bag of gerbils.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

Source: Firefight

People, Youth, Way, Study

“A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons; your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.”

Alexandre Dumas book The Count of Monte Cristo

Variant: It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo

Soul

“Our mind is the canvas on which the artists lay their colour; their pigments are our emotions; their chiaroscuro the light of joy, the shadow of sadness. The masterpiece is of ourselves, as we are of the masterpiece.”

Kakuzo Okakura book The Book of Tea

Source: The Book of Tea

Sadness, Light, Joy

“Words are more powerful than perhaps anyone suspects, and once deeply engraved in a child's mind, they are not easily eradicated.”

May Sarton (1912–1995) American poet, novelist, and memoirist

“Lose your dream, you lose your mind.”

Rolling Stones

Dreams

“Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Understanding, Thinking

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”

Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)

Peace, Time, Christmas, Season

“We are living in modern times throughout the world and yet are dominated by medieval minds.”

Eqbal Ahmad (1933–1999) writer, journalist, anti-war activist

Source: Eqbal Ahmad: Confronting Empire

World, Time

“Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.”

Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015) American missionary

Source: Let Me be a Woman

Truth, Feeling

“I'm never going to get married."
"You're crazy." Buddy brightened. "You'll change your mind."
"No. My mind's made up.”

Sylvia Plath book The Bell Jar

Source: The Bell Jar

Change

“How can I make him understand that he did not create me?
He makes the same mistake as the others when they look at a feeble-minded person and laugh because they don't understand there are human feelings involved.”

Daniel Keyes book Flowers for Algernon

Source: Flowers for Algernon

Feeling, Understanding, Personality

“Evie didn’t mind yelling, but she hated feeling judged. It got under her skin and made her feel small and ugly and unfixable.”

Libba Bray book The Diviners

Source: The Diviners

Hate, Feeling

“I think most serious and omnivorous readers are alike- intense in their dedication to the word, quiet-minded, but relieved and eagerly talkative when they meet other readers and kindred spirits.”

Paul Theroux book Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Source: Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Thinking

“Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe book Uncle Tom's Cabin

Source: Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), Ch. 28 Reunion

“Because fear kills everything," Mo had once told her. "Your mind, your heart, your imagination.”

Cornelia Funke Inkheart trilogy

Source: Inkheart

Fear, Imagination, Heart

“To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.”

Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman

Books, Drawing

“Here is another marvy glimpse into the gothic basement that I call my mind.”

Louise Rennison (1951–2016) British writer

Source: Away Laughing on a Fast Camel

“The real marriage of true minds is for any two people to possess a sense of humor or irony pitched in exactly the same key, so that their joint glances on any subject cross like interarching searchlights.”

Edith Wharton (1862–1937) American novelist, short story writer, designer

Source: A Backward Glance

Marriage, People, Sense

“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

People

“He’s not your typical prince, more like a square peg in a round hole, kind of like me. He’s the sort of guy who wouldn’t mind reading side by side on a date.”

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Source: Between the Lines

Guy, Reading

“There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to the reception of more general opinions.”

Jane Austen book Sense and Sensibility

Source: Sense and Sensibility

Way

“My manners, abominable at times, can be sweet. As I grew older I became a drunk. Why? Because I like ecstasy of the mind. I'm a wretch. But I love, love.”

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer

Satori in Paris (1966)
Source: Satori in Paris & Pic

Love, Time

“My mind struggled to formulate a coherent though, any thought. I opened my mouth. "Your pajamas have Eeyore on them."

"I like Eeyore. He's sensible. A sober outlook on life never hurt anyone.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Gunmetal Magic

Life, Hurt

“It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the State to effect, and on a general plan.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to http://www.familytales.org/dbDisplay.php?id=ltr_thj1489 George Washington (4 January 1786) <br class="br">1780s <br class="br">Source: Letters of Thomas Jefferson

People, Business