My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Understanding the psychology of changing norms starts from a simple insight: although we may wish to be perfectly rational and impartial, bias… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Kevin's mind goes to extremely interesting places. Every time we get a script, I go, 'Oh my God, I really didn't see… — Kevin Bacon Copy Share Image
Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the… — Hermann Ebbinghaus Copy Share Image
Take imagination breaks... Relaxed attention is one of the most important states of mind for creativity, and sometimes it has to be… — Nita Leland Copy Share Image
It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my… — Gabby Douglas Copy Share Image
Happiness does not come from external things as we're really taught as children. It doesn't come from Santa Claus. Happiness is from… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Thinking is the subtlest form of self-polemics, the art of a certain finesse in psychological self-vivisection and self-crucifixion (Hegel of course called… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“I don’t know whether you have ever seen a map of a person’s mind. Doctors sometimes draw maps of other parts of… — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so… — James Allen Copy Share Image
Whatever a scientist is doing - reading, cooking, talking, playing - science thoughts are always there at the edge of the mind.… — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
I like this thought: Your mind is a cupboard, and you stock the shelves. Let us make certain that our cupboard shelves,… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
The computer is not, in our opinion, a good model of the mind, but it is as the trumpet is to the… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
“When I was certain he was going to kill me, my mind went blank, and I didn't have any hope anymore. All… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Now you're the last thing on my mind and too freakish past for you this time. I won't look back on some… — Burnham Copy Share Image
“Then," he says, "as my mind got functioning, everything was just beautiful. There was no right or wrong feeling, no social pressure.… — Rachel Simon Copy Share Image
“Yes, I'm sure it will be very peaceful when we are all dead or cowering in submission under the threat of mind… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to… — Veruschka von Lehndorff Copy Share Image
All this stuff that went down, the joke-stealing accusations, me not wanting to do 'Mind of Mencia' anymore. All these things made… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
In my mind, a good leader would say, 'OK, I need to sit down and talk to the guys who oppose me.… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
“Doubts are good. Confusion is excellent. Questions are awesome. All these are attempts to expand the wisdom of mind.” — Manoj Arora Copy Share Image
“Thoughtful minds grow, from the sharpened awareness of those who have lived life; through love, curiosity and tragedy.” — Aisha Mirza Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and the and the things that come to your mind… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have been broke a lot of times, but I have never been poor. Poor is just a state of mind, and… — Sara Bokhari Copy Share Image
“Humans cover themselves, and protect themselves, and when someone says, “You are pushing my buttons,” it is not exactly true. What is… — Miguel Ruiz Copy Share Image
The goal - is the dignity of the black man in America. He wants respect as the human being. He wants recognition… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Boredom is a disease of the mind and psyche, an insidious disease. It not only takes the joy out of life, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've got four women in my house - my wife and my three daughters - and I tell you what, it's pretty… — Ian Holloway Copy Share Image
Mistaken identity, of course, has been the province of much postcolonial fiction. An important feature of this writing is the manner in… — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
“When we live our life as if it is an open book, we are free in body, mind, and spirit and allow… — Molly Friedenfeld Copy Share Image
Whatever we call it - mind, character, soul - we like to think we possess something that is greater than the sum… — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
My advice to the reader approaching a poem is to make the mind still and blank. Let the poem speak. This charged… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The crucial fact to realize about all the powerful machinery of the Corporate State - its laws, structure, political system - is… — Charles A. Reich Copy Share Image
The nature of mind is that it loves everything once it loves itself, just as it opposes everything when it opposes itself. — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
Not into older guys, huh?" asked Adrian once we were alone. "You're imagining things," I said. "Clearly, my stunning beauty has clouded… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I loved many and my mind said I havn't found the right one... Then suddenly I met you, ma heart stopped and… — Rahul Reghunath Copy Share Image
