During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge… — Hermann von Helmholtz Copy Share Image
Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
The greatest discovery of the 19th century was not in the realm of the physical sciences, but the power of the subconscious… — William James Copy Share Image
Kepler's discovery would not have been possible without the doctrine of conics. Now contemporaries of Kepler-such penetrating minds as Descartes and Pascal-were… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
O may I join the choir invisible of those immortal dead who live again in minds made better by their presence; live… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
You need to stay in that one position to get consistency that way. Different things are going through your mind when you… — Aaron Ramsey Copy Share Image
First of all, if it's on your mind, your mind isn't clear. Anything you consider unfinished in any way must be captured… — David Allen Copy Share Image
We will be whatever they need us to be. Call us emo's, liars, and cheaters...tell people how awful we are and how… — Andy Biersack Copy Share Image
Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Scepticism commonly takes up the room left by defect of imagination, and is the very quality of mind most likely to seek… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“He thought about whether he had ever understood or accepted the weakness of his feelings, instead of containing them as dangerous out-of-control… — Gar Lasalle Copy Share Image
The attack on youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront… — Mike A. Males Copy Share Image
The Western music tradition is mostly addressed to a public that has a critical mind, and judges the quality of the writing,… — Gaspar Claus Copy Share Image
The happiness of life consists, like the day, not in single flashes (of light), but in one continuous mild serenity. The most… — Jean Paul Copy Share Image
Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgment and nothing can help you escape it-that no… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The fact of playing an instrument and singing... that I can try to make my dream of singing and becoming a professional… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
It is our mind that creates the kind of life we live. If we think positively we will transform our life accordingly.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In order to avoid contention, never contradict anyone, except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary… — Louis IX of France Copy Share Image
I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world,… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Most of all we need an education which will create an educated mind. This is a mind not simply a repository of… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The most compelling insight of that day was that this awesome recall had been brought about by a fraction of a gram… — Alexander Shulgin Copy Share Image
One of the things about landays is that they thrive in a modern context. Early on I went to this incredible Pashtun… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
Set reasonable goals; not something vague and unrealistic like "I want to be super-model skinny." I always had visions of very thin… — Alison Sweeney Copy Share Image
When you awaken spiritually, in fact, you can use thought much more effectively than before, but you realize there is a depth… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It's a simple and an effective way of getting everyone on the same page, prepared and paying attention to the gag. People… — Frank Caliendo Copy Share Image
Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“At times it may seem as though you and your past are one. Sometimes we fail to differentiate between what has happened… — Sue Augustine Copy Share Image
I have read somewhere that every thought in the human mind has a frequency. And it emits a certain kind of energy.… — Sherlyn Chopra Copy Share Image
There is no moderator or ombudsman online, and while the transparency of the web usually means that information is self-correcting, we still… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
I am not engaged to Christianity by decent forms, or saving ordinances; it is not usage, it is not what I do… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
At Columbia there's no performing arts department, so I was searching for it everywhere I could, and I took some photography classes… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Whenever someone asks me craft questions like that I feel like I can give one of two answers. I can give the… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
I only ever really follow the music, that's what I'm about, I don't think about it too much. I just wanted to… — Max Richter Copy Share Image
Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as… — Lydia Sigourney Copy Share Image
“After Christian's death he'd just existed. He felt nothing, just a sense of emptiness. In some ways he welcomed that hollowness inside… — Deborah MacGillivray Copy Share Image
