Only a very specific kind of writer keeps their reader in mind while working. Such writers don't want to irk their readers;… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
Samskrit has moulded the minds of our people to the extent to which they themselves are not conscious. Samskrit literature is national… — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Copy Share Image
The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Shakespeare said that art is a mirror held up to nature. And that’s what it is. The nature is your nature, and… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness by what it chooses to compare the experience with. If it chooses to… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
A mind does not receive truth as a chest receives jewels that are put into it, but as the stomach takes up… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Many Sages have said, "Your world is a dream. You're living in an illusion." They're referring to this world of the mind… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Just as eagles soar through the vast expanse of the sky without meeting any obstructions, needing only minimal effort to maintain their… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
Phrasing is the idea of finding sentences and using punctuation in speech. I often look at the score to see what's written… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. Genuine ignorance is… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
In pure awareness the mind cannot drag you down into the mud, into the gutter. In anger, in hatred, in jealousy, the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“Philip thought that in throwing over the desire for happiness he was casting aside the last of his illusions. His life had… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate that I was introduced to the world of yoga and pranayama at an early age. That has been very useful… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the… — Will Carleton Copy Share Image
Witness the witness itself - and... the ultimate ecstasy is created. Start watching your thoughts but don't stop there... One more thing… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
This is what meditation means: how to be not identified with the mind - how to create a space between yourself and… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Presumably there are energies, to which each human is sensitive, that we cannot yet detect by means of our instruments. Built into… — John C. Lilly Copy Share Image
No matter how loud the stadium is, once you're on that field and that offense walks up to the line, it's silent.… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing,… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
It is always a great honour to mention a truth which has not become widespread yet. One of these truths is that… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
...Recognising, as I do, that you are the second highest expert in Europe--" "Indeed, sir! May I inquire who has the honour… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
It's a dark, cool, quiet place. A basement in your soul. And that place can sometimes be dangerous to the human mind.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
{While meditating} I sit quietly and rest in the nature of mind; I don't question or doubt whether I am in the… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“He blinked. His eyes fell as he processed her response. Then he lifted his chin and attempted a grin that was almost… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
“We only suffer when we falsely identify with the objects that arise in our awareness, rather than with the awareness itself—when we… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
In the same way that the physical practice of yoga so effectively benefits your body and mind, the larger science of yoga… — Rod Stryker Copy Share Image
Primeval forests! virgin sod! That Saxon has not ravish'd yet, Lo! peak on peak in stairways set- In stepping stairs that reach… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
You should never employ your intellect but only that it is not essential to exercise it in order to live a humane… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
Where the light is, and each thing clear,Separate from all others, standing in its place,I drink the time and touch whatever's near,And… — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
These tenses-past, present and future-are not the tenses of time; they are tenses of the mind. That which is no longer before… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
To win in the game of life, we all need both a healthy mind and body. By involving children in the fun… — Digger Phelps Copy Share Image
In my mind, there is no question that they're out there. My Career is well established. My texts books are required reading… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Most really good fiction is compelled into being. It comes from a kind of uncalculated innocence. You need not have your ending… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
The meaning of a work is not what the author had in mind at some point, nor is it simply a property… — Jonathan Culler Copy Share Image