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“The mind of a man is his masterpiece.”

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“The Greek physicians Herophilus and Erasistratus discovered the nervous system in 322 BC, placing the seat of thought in the brain. It might be fair to say that they were the first neuroscientists. Previously, Aristotle and others thought the brain's function was simply to cool the blood, due to it's many folds and creases.”

Mind Brain Neuroscience Erasistratus Herophilus

Book:The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well

Source: The Changing Mind: A Neuroscientist's Guide to Ageing Well

“Thinking’ is in almost all cases a euphemism for ‘self-storytelling’.”

Thinking Mind Spirituality Meditation Mindfulness Yoga Nonduality Self Inquiry No Mind Self Enquiry

Book:P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

Source: P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

“You do not think. You are thought … and therefore a thought.”

Thinking Mind Self Meditation Ego Nonduality Non Duality Self Inquiry No Mind Self Enquiry

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A true friend doesn't have guts; they beat you up and later plead with you to beat them back.”

“Sometimes it's hard to know which qualities really define you, and which ones have been affixed to you by others so many times that you actually begin to believe them and claim them as your own.”

Mind Socialism Influencing People

Book:They Wish They Were Us

Source: They Wish They Were Us

“The mind is a complicated thing," Mrs. Darling said, considering her words as she spoke. "Sometimes it acts on its own, and quite often it controls us against our will. And I think, sometimes... It takes us away, maybe not when we want it, but when we need it.”

Mind Brain Trauma

Book:Lost in the Never Woods

Source: Lost in the Never Woods

“The cracked mind of the schizophrenic may let in light which does not enter intact minds of many sane people whose minds are closed.”

Mind Psychology Existential Psychiatry Schizophrenia Phenomenology Absurdism Existential Philosophy The Divided Self

Author:Ronald David Laing

“It felt like the more I read, the more free I was in my mind, and if you’re free in your mind, then it doesn’t matter what else is going on.”

Book:The Lamplighters

Source: The Lamplighters

“Certain troubles make you believe in certain superstitions. Even the sharpest mind cannot answer all the coincidences.”

Mind Trouble Sharpest

Author:Sarvesh Jain

“Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly no matter no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.”

Mind Heart Poetry Music The Name Of The Wind Kingkiller Chronicles

Book:The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind