Reading poetry and reading the great works of the canon that we were reading in the '60s and the '70s and '80s… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
We are articulate, but we are not particularly conversational. An Englishman won't talk for the sake of talking. He doesn't mind silence.… — Robert Morley Copy Share Image
The first stage of this tranquility consists in silencing the lips when the heart is excited. The second, in silencing the mind… — John Climacus Copy Share Image
The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
I think you got to keep in mind that Obama was raised among Muslims, and I think he really does not want… — Bob Beckel Copy Share Image
Being more vocal - I think that's something, as a professional, you have to be really good at. You have to be… — Willie Cauley-Stein Copy Share Image
It is always possible to get into a higher state of mind. The way you get into a higher state of mind… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“It taught me that there are three versions of things: the one I see in my mind, and the one that carries… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
I rarely talk about work with writers, and I love getting together with writers. I think writers are great to get together… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“A disciplined mind (saiyamit mun), a disciplined body (saiyamit deha) and a disciplined speech (saiyamit vani), these three will not allow You… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The reason why a work of genius is not easily admired from the first is that the man who has created it… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I think that is one of the first things that I got clear in my mind when I began to play around… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
While no man in his right mind would advocate sending our ground forces into continental China, and such was never given a… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Wisdom is not book learning but, rather, a quality or state of knowing what is true or right coupled with the judgment… — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
I guess there's this mind shift that happens once you're on stage. I don't know, chemicals, something happens and you just... I… — Deborah Mailman Copy Share Image
Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only… — Charlotte Sophia Kasl Copy Share Image
“Sometimes he missed the numbed, walking-underwater feeling feel that the cocktail of narcotics used to give him. But if a situation went… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
all social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman Copy Share Image
“The impact of the sense of vision on philosophy is well summed up by Peter Sloterdijk: 'The eyes are the organic prototype… — Juhani Pallasmaa Copy Share Image
We're beautiful devices. The devices work well; we're all experts in what we do. But when the mechanism fails, those failures can… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Tolstoy was the most gifted writer who ever lived. It's like he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
I am safe and secure. I exhale any anxiety and inhale calm. As my world expands so do my heart and mind.… — Kris Carr Copy Share Image
In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn't! It's… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the… — John Eliot Copy Share Image
Yesterday on CNN, Joe Biden said he hasn't made up his mind about whether he'll run for president in 2016. Which raises… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
“He caressed them, did them violence even, and shed tears of despair over his failures to make them either sufficiently beautiful or… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength. — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
All human beings have an innate desire to overcome suffering, to find happiness. Training the mind to think differently, through meditation, is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a… — Jane McGonigal Copy Share Image
“Nothing moved him. No sense of remorse could knock him back into reaction; no tears of regret flowed from those weary eyes.This… — Mehreen Ahmed Copy Share Image
We shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
If the ocean was pure mind and I was a wave, I would be in terror if Itried to distinguish myself fromthe… — Hugh Prather Copy Share Image
Keep in mind, coal plants claim plenty of birds too. Sadly, hydro claims the lives of many fish. There is a price… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image
The most important conversations, briefings, meeting, and lectures you will ever have will be those you hold with yourself in the privacy… — Denis Waitley Copy Share Image
“If a boy became sick he walked alone; the others were afraid to catch what he had, and did not want to… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control… — Shantideva Copy Share Image
This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my… — Isaac Mayer Wise Copy Share Image
