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title: "6 Big Mind Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Big mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/big-mind-is-something-to-express-not-something-to-figure-out-big-mind/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [Majestic and stately as Conrad Richter''s Awakening Land Trilogy, Evangeline is a big book from a big mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katharine-weber/majestic-and-stately-as-conrad-richter-s-awakening-land-trilogy/)

[Katharine Weber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katharine-weber/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/katharine-weber-45331_awakening_majestic-and-stately-as-conrad-richter-s_870155.png)

> [Small mind competes, big mind collaborates and great mind encompasses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-ray/small-mind-competes-big-mind-collaborates-and-great-mind-encompasses/)

[Amit Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-ray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b6/amit-ray-761_bigs_small-mind-competes-big-mind-collaborate_1715376.png)

> [“I will always be that guy's girl. I've made him so big in my mind that I can't even move around in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-brown/i-will-always-be-that-guy-s-girl-i-ve-made-him-so-big-in-my-mind-that/)

[Tara Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-brown/)

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> [I think a lot about Big Mind-Small Mind, expansive, wide-lens consciousness and contracted, introverted consciousness. I have moments-we all do-when just being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-boorstein/i-think-a-lot-about-big-mind-small-mind-expansive-wide-lens/)

[Sylvia Boorstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-boorstein/)

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> [“Sometimes, some rare times, a secret stays undiscovered because it is something too big for the mind to hold. It is too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/sometimes-some-rare-times-a-secret-stays-undiscovered-because-it-is-2/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/maggie-stiefvater-76_psychology_sometimes-some-rare-times-a-secret-stays_2507716.png)

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