Top 1200 Educated Mind Quotes & Sayings - Page 13

A formal and consistent theory of inductive processes cannot represent the operation of every human mind in detail; it will represent an ideal mind, but it will help the actual mind to approximate that ideal.

Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness.

Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend.

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

In an age in which the media broadcast countless pieces of foolishness, the educated man is defined not by what he knows, but by what he doesn't know.

If all we know of mind is the aspect of mind that dissolves when we die, we will be left with no idea of what continues, no knowledge of the new dimension of the deeper reality of the nature of mind. So it is vital for us all to familiarize ourselves with the nature of mind while we are still alive. Only then will we be prepared for the time when it reveals itself spontaneously and powerfully at the moment of death; be able to recognize it "as naturally," the teachings say, "as a child running into its mother's lap"; and by remaining in that state, finally be liberated.

Islam tells us every girl and boy should be educated. I don't know why the Taliban have forgotten it.

Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the body with no regard to the mind or the emotions. But the body and mind are not separate, and we cannot treat one without the other.

We do not have to wait for future discoveries in connection with the powers of the human mind for evidence that the mind is the greatest force known to mankind. We know, now, that any idea, aim or purpose that is fixed in the mind and held there with a will to achieve or attain its physical or material equivalent, puts into motion powers that cannot be conquered.

The body is just a water bubble. The mind is like a mad monkey. Do not follow either the body or the mind. Follow the Conscience. It is above the mind. It is permanent. It is the voice of God, the voice of unchanging truth inside you.

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

Emotion arises at the place where mind and body meet. It is the body's reaction to your mind - or you might say, a reflection of your mind in the body.

In the fullness of time, educated people will believe there is no soul independent of the body, and hence no life after death.

It's the nature of the mind to drift away. The mind is like the Pacific Ocean, it waves. And mindfulness has been shown to drop underneath the waves. If you drop underneath the agitation in the mind, into your breath deep enough calmness, gentle undulations.

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class.

Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.

It is the conditioned mind that says, 'I'm lost.' Let mind be lost. Lose your mind. Lose your mind inside your heart.

I come from a well-educated and cultured, middle-class Maharashtrian family and have been brought up with social awareness.

I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind. The rational mind doesn't nourish you. You assume that it gives you the truth, because the rational mind is the golden calf that this culture worships, but this is not true. Rationality squeezes out much that is rich and juicy and fascinating.

One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated.

Atheists in C.S. Lewis' day were as snobbish and arrogant as they are now, but better educated and more capable of debate.

The educational system is pretty much geared to passing the next exam. You're educated to pass tests and not to understand.

Armies are created to protect an established system, not people. In the future, an educated humanity will not stand for war.

There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.

I think anybody who's working in a creative medium is working partially with their conscious mind, partially with their unconscious mind. So, my unconscious mind may be a little more distorted and violent than I am aware of.

The old school mentality has gone and paved the way for many educated women to enter the movie profession.

The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary.

A well-educated, hard-working, flexible, and enterprising workforce has always been one of Hong Kong's greatest strengths.

I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North Wales.

In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.

When there is no mind, you are in yoga; when there is mind you are not in yoga. So you may do all the postures, but if the mind goes on functioning, if you go on thinking, you are not in yoga. Yoga is the state of no-mind. If you can be without the mind without doing any posture, you have become a perfect yogi. It has happened to many without doing any postures, and it has not happened to many who have been doing postures for many lives.

I filled my sketchbook with drawings, very much as any educated girl of my generation might have kept a diary.

Women have become so highly educated... that nothing should surprise us nowadays, except happy marriages.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Zen is mind-less activity, that is, Mind-ful activity, and it may often be advisable to emphasize the mind, and say, Take care of the thoughts and the actions will take care of themselves.

We are told that if you are not occupied with the mind all the time, then you will invite the devil. It is such a heightened misconception that people are going crazy just because of this. An empty mind is not the devil's home but an empty mind is the home of the Buddha.

The primary object of meditation is to not become overly attached to any particular thoughts that may come into to the mind. It is most important to let the mind "flow," with less mental worry about, and attachment to, the various thoughts that may come into the mind.

Our limited mind is our enemy and our unlimited mind is our best friend. When you become a slave of the mind, it will limit you. When you use it, it will bring you the whole universe.

The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.

I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities.

You could reason with someone who was halfway educated and appeal to his intelligence, but I felt helpless in the face of utter stupidity.

I did all sorts of things that you wouldn't normally find on an engineer's docket, but it made an educated person out of me.

Imust have a London audience.I could never preach, but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.

Any educated person recognizes that curiosity and creativity aren't just important; they are among the essential human activities.

Why shouldn't I be confident? I'm well educated, I can deliver a line, and I have more than three expressions. That's good right?

Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind.

If you write a screenplay that gets circulated, you have a bigger readership than any literary novelist. And it's an educated audience as well.

Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

The ear has to be educated if one wishes to appreciate musical sounds, just as the eyes must learn to distinguish the value of words.

Happiness is a state of mind. With physical comforts if your mind is still in a state of confusion and agitation, it is not happiness. Happiness means calmness of mind.

Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired... You've always got to make the mind take over and keep going.

The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.

Nothing comes cheap, though the educated eye will always spot very nice things for the least money.

THE most widespread form of child abuse in the United States is parents sending children to the government to be educated.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I have realized why corrupt politicians do nothing to improve the quality of public school education. They are terrified of educated voters.

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate.

The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious. Mind changes, and as a result, the world changes. A clear mind heals everything that needs to be healed. It can never be fooled into believing that there is one speck out of order.