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“I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. How the Chimney-sweeper's cry Every black'ning Church appalls; And the hapless Soldier's sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls. But most thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlot's curse Blasts the new born Infant's tear, And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.”

Source: Poems: Introduction by Patti Smith

“I never touch sugar, cheese, bread... I only like what I'm allowed to like. I'm beyond temptation. There is no weakness. When I see tons of food in the studio, for us and for everybody, for me it's as if this stuff was made out of plastic. The idea doesn't even enter my mind that a human being could put that into their mouth. I'm like the animals in the forest. They don't touch what they cannot eat.”

Ifs Mind Humans Made Ideas Stuff Human Beings Animal Mouths Weakness Studios Forests Bread Temptation Sugar Plastic Cheese Dieting

Author:Karl Lagerfeld

“Going into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way out. And the way out is through the mind, by choosing our thoughts.”

Way Mind Weakness Greed Our Thoughts Confronting Neediness

Book:Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

Source: Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

“The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.”

Mind Shows Body Weakness Forests Tolerate Hesitation Frailty

Book:House of the Tiger King Paperback

Source: House of the Tiger King Paperback

“From your results I have determined that you are one of the strongest Divergent, which I say not to compliment you but to explain my purpose. If I am to develop a simulation that cannot be thwarted by the Divergent mind, I must study the strongest Divergent mind in order to shore up all weaknesses in the technology.”

Ifs Mind Purpose Order Results Technology Study Weakness Determined Strongest Compliment Shore Divergent Simulation Compliments You

Author:Veronica Roth

“I earnestly wish to point out in what true dignity and human happiness consists. I wish to persuade women to endeavor to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness, and that those beings are only the objects of pity, and that kind of love which has been termed its sister, will soon become objects of contempt.”

Source: Mary, A Fiction and The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria

“Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that pants for, and deserves to be respected. Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.”

Men Mind May Poor Pride Weakness Deserve Noble Substitutes Pants Arrogant Tenderness Protector Caress Fondness

Book:A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution

Source: A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution

“A 'sign of weakness' for a male celebrity is being found to be unfaithful, or unkind to an employee, or having crashed their car while stoned out of their tiny minds. A 'sign of weakness' for a woman, on the other hand, can be a single, unflattering picture.”

Mind Hands Found Car Proud Weakness Males Feminist Tiny Employee Unkind Unfaithful

Author:Caitlin Moran

“Morality is the weakness of the mind.”

Mind Morality Weakness

Author:Arthur Rimbaud

“Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.”

Mind Meditation Weakness Yoga Gains Constant Distraction

Book:Conscious Immortality: Conversations with Ramana Maharshi

Source: Conscious Immortality: Conversations with Ramana Maharshi

“Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.”

Thinking Mind Done Jobs Memories Self Esteem Wall Weakness Excellence Esteem Good Job

Author:Sterling W Sill

“True spirit of Judo is nothing but the gentle and diligent free spirit. Judo rests on flexible action of mind and body. The word flexible however never means weakness but something more like adaptability and openmindedness. Gentleness always overcomes strength.”

Mind Mean Body Action Spirit Strength Words Of Wisdom Weakness Overcoming Gentle Gentleness Flexible Mind And Body Diligence Open Minded Adaptability Free Spirit Diligent Judo

Author:Kyuzo Mifune

“He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.”

Mind Humans Divine Morality Ethics Weakness Fellows Human Mind Eloquent Carp

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.”

Mind Humans Body Weakness Psychological Cures Human Mind Physicians Infirmity

Book:L.P.

Source: L.P.

“Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists founded chemistry by pursuing chimerical problems and theories which are false. In physical science, which is more advanced than biology, we might still cite men of science who make great discoveries by relying on false theories.”

“All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be revised if found to be unsatisfactory. Hence, a change of mind in a scientist, and particularly in a great scientist, is not only not a sign of weakness but rather evidence for continuing attention to the respective problem and an ability to test the hypothesis again and again.”

Ifs Mind Made Problem Science Found Ability Attention Forever Weakness Evidence Tests Scientist Interpretation Again And Again Continuing Tested Hypothesis Great Scientist Mind Changing

Author:Ernst Mayr

“... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open country, these robbers fly into the forest, and lie in wait to break in upon every unguarded avenue of the mind, and overwhelm it with religious fears and prejudices. ... The idea of God, as meaning an infinitely intelligent, wise and good Being, arises from reflecting on the operations of our own mind, and augmenting, without limit, those qualities of goodness and wisdom.”

Source: An inquiry concerning human understanding. A dissertation on the passions. An inquiry concerning the principles of morals. The natural history of religion

“I have never quite understood the relationship between beauty and weakness, womanly sweetness and womanly silliness; to my mind, indeed, that woman being the most beautiful who is the most capable, while weakness and silliness can never by any chance be other than unlovely.”

Mind Beautiful Chance Capable Understood Weakness Sweetness Never Quit Silliness Womanly

Author:Eliza Lynn Linton

“Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.”

Mind Inspiration Faces Joy Spirit Faith Weakness Catholic Shining Your Face Serenity Impatient Christian Marriage

Author:Peter Damian

“The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.”

“Still, instead of trusting what their own minds tell them, men have as a rule a weakness for trusting others who pretend to supernatural sources of knowledge.”

Men Mind Stills Source Weakness Anarchy Heresy

Book:Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer

Source: Religion, a Dialogue, Etc: Top of Schopenhauer

“Coach Lombardi showed me that by working hard and using my mind, I could overcome my weakness to the point where I could be one of the best.”

Mind Hard Weakness Overcoming Coaches Nfl Lombardi

Author:Bart Starr

“All problems in life arise from some weakness of mind. All weakness of mind is due to the mind's ignorance of its own essential nature, which is universal and the source of infinite energy and intelligence. ... In order to root out any problem of life it is only necessary to be brought out of ignorance, to be brought to knowledge.”

Mind Problem Order Energy Ignorance Source Essentials Weakness Roots Universal Infinite Dues Arise Problems In Life

Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi