Quotes about mind

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Source: Flappers and Philosophers

Source: The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea

Source: Birds of Heaven

Source: Frankenstein

Source: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

Source: All the Light We Cannot See

Variant: I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
Source: Marilyn

Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Source: Dark Side of the Moon

Source: Miss Julia Throws a Wedding

Source: Smooth Talking Stranger

Source: I Am the Messenger

Source: Things I've Been Silent About: Memories

Source: Beloved

Source: How to Argue and Win Every Time (1995), Ch. 6 : The Power of Prejudice : Examining the Garment, Bleaching the Stain, p. 98
Source: How to Argue & Win Every Time: At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday

Source: Red Dragon

Source: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo

Source: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

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

Source: Steelheart

Attributed
Source: Les Essais

Source: The Love Letter

Source: Blue Moon

Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom, p. 8

Source: Gateway

Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Source: Lonesome Dove

Source: A Thousand Mornings

Source: Ever After

Source: Winter's Bone

Variant translations: The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. It was the experience of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, of the manifestations of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which are only accessible to our reason in their most elementary forms — it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute the truly religious attitude; in this sense, and in this alone, I am a deeply religious man.
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is a dead man. To know that what is impenetrable for us really exists and manifests itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, whose gross forms alone are intelligible to our poor faculties — this knowledge, this feeling … that is the core of the true religious sentiment. In this sense, and in this sense alone, I rank myself among profoundly religious men.
As quoted in After Einstein : Proceedings of the Einstein Centennial Celebration (1981) by Peter Barker and Cecil G. Shugart, p. 179
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
As quoted in Introduction to Philosophy (1935) by George Thomas White Patrick and Frank Miller Chapman, p. 44
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I am a devoutly religious man."
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
1930s, Mein Weltbild (My World-view) (1931)
Context: The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery — even if mixed with fear — that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man.

Source: Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers

Source: Sputnik Sweetheart

Source: Blue Shoe

Source: Gift from the Sea (1955)
Context: The shape of my life is, of course, determined by many other things; my background and childhood, my mind and its education, my conscience and its pressures, my heart and its desires. I want to give and take from my children and husband, to share with friends and community, to carry out my obligations to man and to the world, as a woman, as an artist, as a citizen.
But I want first of all — in fact, as an end to these other desires — to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact — to borrow from the languages of the saints — to live "in grace" as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony.
Context: The shape of my life today starts with a family. I have a husband, five children and a home just beyond the suburbs of New York. I have also a craft, writing, and therefore work I want to pursue. The shape of my life is, of course, determined by many other things; my background and childhood, my mind and its education, my conscience and its pressures, my heart and its desires. I want to give and take from my children and husband, to share with friends and community, to carry out my obligations to man and to the world, as a woman, as an artist, as a citizen.
But I want first of all — in fact, as an end to these other desires — to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact — to borrow from the languages of the saints — to live "in grace" as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony. I am seeking perhaps what Socrates asked for in the prayer from Phaedrus when he said, "May the outward and the inward man be at one." I would like to achieve a state of inner spiritual grace from which I could function and give as I was meant to in the eye of God.

Source: Emma

Source: Nature

Source: The Fiery Heart

Source: The Indigo Spell

Source: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Source: The Historian

Source: Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism (1991), p. 24

Source: The Feminine Mystique

Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 1, p. 5

Source: Clockwork Prince

Source: Gone with the Wind

Source: The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

Included as a quotation in The Great Quotations (1977) by George Seldes, p. 35, this appears to be a paraphrase of a summation of arguments of Bruno's speech in a debate at the College of Cambray (25 May 1588) which are not clearly presented as a direct translation of his statements:
: In an inspired speech Bruno, through the interpreter, Jean Hennequin, of Paris, declared the discovery of numberless worlds in the One Infinite Universe. Nothing was more deplorable, declared he, than the habit of blind belief, for of all other things it hinders the mind from recognizing such matters as are in themselves clear and open. It was proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. However, he cautioned that they should not be influenced by the fervor of speech, but by the weight of his argument and the majesty of truth.
:* Coulson Turnbull in Life and Teachings of Giordano Bruno : Philosopher, Martyr, Mystic 1548 — 1600 (1913), p. 41
Disputed

Source: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

Source: Far from the Madding Crowd

Source: The Great Gatsby

Source: Dead Cert (1962)

Source: The Last Hellion

Source: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Source: The Way of Kings

Source: The Purpose of Christmas

Source: Selected Poetry

Source: Silver Shadows

Source: Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Source: Basara, Vol. 13

Source: The Blind Assassin

Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Source: Every Day

Source: Ocean Sea: Love, Murder & Betrayal in Almayer Inn

Source: A Farewell to Arms

Source: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road

Source: Anna Karenina

Source: Engleby

Source: Keeping the Moon

Source: Drinking: A Love Story

Source: Sabbaths