T Quotes
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“The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.”
Source: Oscar Wilde - The Major Works
“The mind of the transsexual cannot be changed”
Source: From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland
“The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living.”
“The mind of your own enemy, the pupil, is working away from you, as keenly and eagerly as is the mind of the commander on the other side from the scientific general. Just what the respective enemies want and think, and what they know or do not know, are as hard things for the teachers as for the general to find out.”
Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
“The mind once become clear, can't be defeated, can't be tortured, can't be fell into the doubts, Read that again.”
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
Source: The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life
“The mind once-fragmented, when it contemplated one closer resembling 'God', it thought essentially in terms of power; but only through the power of the true God could it be regenerated and made more accurate, and therefore prioritizing holiness. For without delusion or illusion, true holiness is of rarer, greater value than power.”
“The mind paints before the brush.”
“The mind performs its function, the intellect performs its function, the ego performs its function; they are all intents of the non-Self, they are not intents of the Self (Atmabhaav). To See and Know the intents of the non-Self is in fact Atmabhaav (the sense as the Self). There are unlimited intents of the non-Self. The world is trapped in the intents of the non-Self indeed.”
Source: Autobiography Of Gnani Purush A.M.Patel
“The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it?”
Source: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
“The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.”
“The mind profits by the wrecks of every passion.”
“The mind provides a person with the mental fortitude to survive any physical or spiritual crisis. For the present time, I am satisfying myself by building a little shop in the back of my mind, a place where stillness resides and a jangle of thoughts can come and visit. I am building a room of my own, a room that I can retreat to when needed, a place where I am always welcomed regardless of the trappings of this ordinary and finite life. I do not need much as far as earthy rewards, but I certainly will not spurn food, drink, companionship, love, affection, friendship, or other physical, emotional, spiritual, aesthetic, and sensuous pleasures that find their way to my humble doorstep.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“The mind quickly responds to teaching and discipline. You can make the mind give you back anything you want.”
Source: The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results
“The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.”
“The mind reels.”
Source: Cat’s Cradle
“The mind reels at the multiplication of books intended to justify the author's promotion from assistant to associate professor.”
“The mind reels when we realize that, according to this interpretation of quantum mechanics, all possible worlds coexist with us. Although wormholes might be necessary to reach such alternate worlds, these quantum realities exist in the very same room that we live in. They coexist with us wherever we go.”
Source: Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
“The mind remains undetermined in the great Void. Here the highest knowledge is unbounded. That which gives things their thusness cannot be delimited by things. So when we speak of 'limits', we remain confined to limited things. The limit of the unlimited is called 'fullness.' The limitlessness of the limited is called 'emptiness.' Tao is the source of both. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness”
“The mind remembers only certain things. The body remembers everything. The information it carries goes back to the beginning of existence.”
“The mind repeats what it knows. The body remembers what it survived.”
Source: Crossing the Forbidden Highway: The Untold Story of Orgone, Body Therapy, and Suppressed Emotion
“The mind replays what the heart can't delete.”
“The mind reproduces itself by transmitting its symbols to other intermediaries, human and mechanical, than the particular brain that first assembled them.”
Source: The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development
“The mind requires regular use to remain strong.”
Source: Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success
“The mind revels in conjecture. Where information is lacking, it will gladly fill in the gaps.”
Source: The World in a Phrase
“The mind revolts against certain opinions, as the stomach rejects certain foods.”
Source: Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].
“The mind’s nature is worldly. If someone comes late, the mind will say ‘Why did you come at this wrong time?’ And this will create [bondage with] an iron shackle.”
“The mind’s toughest battles start when you force it to accept what it knows is wrong.”
“The mind says everyone is temporary but the heart fills you with the hope that someone will prove your mind wrong.”
“The mind says there is nothing beyond the physical world; the HEART says there is, and I've been there many times.”
“The mind says what it says,
and the heart objects,
and it wants what it wants,
and it always wins,
and I break in tears,
and I cover my ears,
and I close my eyes,
and I scream my lungs,
and I wish i never met you.”
“The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.”
“The mind seeks answers outside, but the soul speaks only within.”
Source: When the Human Remembers
“The mind seemed to grow giddy by looking so far into the abyss of time.”
Source: The Works of John Playfair ...: With a Memoir of the Author ...
“The mind sees the world as a thing apart, And the soul makes the world at one with itself. A mirror scratched reflects no image— And this is the silence of wisdom.”
Source: Spoon River Anthology
“The mind sees, the will commands, the man acts. What is it then to act? To act is to produce something. If you have produced nothing--if no result has been the fruit of your will, you have done nothing.”
“The mind self-edits. The mind airbrushes. It's a different thing to be inside a body than outside. From outside, you can look, inspect, compare. From inside there is no comparison.”
Source: Middlesex: A Novel
“The mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity.”
“The mind serves to know the truth that fuels the fires of the heart.”
Source: Think
“The mind should be accustomed to make wise reflections, and draw curious conclusions as it goes along; the habitude of which made Pliny the Younger affirm that he never read book so bad but he drew some profit from it.”
Source: The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
“The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.”
“The mind should develop a blind spot whenever a dangerous thought presented itself. The process should be automatic, instinctive. Crimestop, they called it in Newspeak.”
Source: 1984
“The mind should turn into a serene and stormless lake, where is reflected the complete panorama of the starry sky.”
“The mind shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s wisdom; the heart, in proportion to one’s courage; and the soul, in proportion to one’s love.”
“The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.”
“The mind speaks, though it does not have lips.
The heart moves, though it does not have feet.
The soul rises, though it does not have wings.”
“The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings.”
“The mind-speech and body remain ‘effective’, the outer environment is also ‘effective’ and when the Self (Soul) remains ‘un-effective’; that is the ultimate stage!”
“The mind spends most of the time lost in fantasies and illusions, reliving pleasant or unpleasant experiences and anticipating the future with eagerness or fear. While lost in such cravings or aversions, we are unaware of what is happening now, what we are doing now.”
“The mind, stretched to new dimensions by images, thoughts and ideas, can never return to its former shape.”
Source: The Nightlife: Paris