Top 1200 Good Mind Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

The body is the servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.

If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?

The mind creates all the problems for an individual or for the collective. One has to go beyond the mind into thoughtless awareness, where there is peace.

When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. I always had a mind for characters and dialogue, and my head was filled with that stuff, so it seemed like a good place to start.

A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady.

Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food.

A mind concerned about danger is a clouded mind. It's paralyzing.

A small mind is obstinate. A great mind can lead and be led.

What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind maker-upper to make up his mind

In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.

Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away. Before sorrow befalls you. Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, And you will be filled with joy. A fool is happy Until his mischief turns against him. And a good man may suffer Until his goodness flowers. Do not make light of your failings, Saying, 'What are they to me?' A jug fills drop by drop.

Mind is all that counts. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

When the mind is not only silent, but that part of the mind that could become conscious that the mind is silent dissolves in light, then we see and feel purity. We become it, the purity of the eternal light.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

Make your will one! Don't listen with your ears, listen with your mind. No, don't listen with your mind, but listen with your spirit. Listening stops with the ears, the mind stops with recognition, but spirit is empty- and waits on all things. The Way gathers in emptiness alone. Emptiness is the fasting of the mind.

The mind has these four levels: physical, vital, buddhi, higher mind. The Supermind is far above these.

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

If God can be fully proved by the human mind, then He is no greater than the mind that proves Him.

I'm not good at Disney acting. I'm really not. I never was on that audition list, which I don't mind. I don't know. I look back, and I'm kind of wiping my forehead at the thought of, 'What if I had gone that route?'

Clear the mind of all worldly things. If you can't control your mind, how will you realize God?

The mind itself is an art object ... The mind is a blue guitar on which we improvise the song of the world.

Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics.

The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer. And the joy of writing, when you're writing from your subconscious, is beautiful - it's thrilling. When you're editing, which is your conscious mind, it's like torture.

Anything by D. H. Lawrence or Jean Genet - 'Zen Mind,' 'Beginner's Mind' is my daily go to for non-fiction.

Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people.

A quiet mind is more important than a positive mind.

The legitimate function of the mind is to tell you what is not. But if you want positive knowledge, you must go beyond the mind.

The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.

I know when I'm off alignment. I know when my body is out of adjustment. If your body is there, then mentally, you'll be there. If your body feels good, then your mind feels good and your are going to feel better about your game.

When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.

Now if six turned up to be nine, I don't mind, I don't mind.

I love a sexy video. I don't even mind raciness. I don't mind that at all.

Enlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it.

It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher. And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.

Only through the medium of the public physical world can the mind of one person make a difference to the mind of another. The mind is in its own place and in each of us lies an inner life, the life of a ghostly Robinson Crusoe. People can see, hear, and jolt one another's bodies, but they are irremediably blind and deaf to the workings of one another's minds

The average mind requires a change of environment before he can change his thought. He has to go somewhere or bring into his presence something that will suggest a new line of thinking and feeling. The master mind, however, can change his thought whenever he so desires. A change of scene is not necessary, because such a mind is not controlled from without. A change of scene will not produce a change of thought in the master mind unless he so elects.

When we think good thoughts, we feel good. When we feel good, we make good choices. When we feel good and make good choices, we draw more good experiences into our lives. It really is that simple … and elegant … and true.

A mind dominated by positive emotions, becomes a favorable abode for the state of mind known as faith.

From the highest state of mind you have a window whereby you could perhaps move beyond all states of mind, to enlightenment.

The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

People just associate me with comedy - not that I mind. I don't mind that at all.

A journalist's peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to give definite and fearless expression to that mind.

Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.

The mind...the mind was the most powerful force for and against someone.

To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

The mind can ask all the questions on the meaning of life. But it cannot answer one of them, for the answers are beyond the mind.

Not what the mind sees, but what the mind imagines the eye must see.

For your information, a good novel can change the world. Keep that in mind before you attempt to sit down at a typewriter. Never waste time on something you don't believe in yourself.

The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by.

I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I dont tell anyone I have it, but its in my mind.

Heaven is so far of the mind that were the mind dissolved - the site of it by architect could not again be proved.

That mind which understands itself is the mind of a free man.