--- title: "23 Brain Mind Quotes by 21 authors" description: "Browse 23 Brain Mind quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Brain Mind sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/yarro-rai-50468_inspirational_everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind-1915933_1915933.jpg" --- > [“Everyone has brain few have mind”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yarro-rai/everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind/) [Yarro Rai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yarro-rai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/yarro-rai-50468_inspirational_everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind-1915933_1915933.jpg) > [You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/you-have-a-brain-and-mind-of-your-own-use-it-and-reach-your-own/) [Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/napoleon-hill-201_brain_you-have-a-brain-and-mind-of-your-own-us_2071439.jpg) > [“The high domed ceiling put me in mind of a skull, a brain, a mind. What did that make us, the readers?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lia-mills/the-high-domed-ceiling-put-me-in-mind-of-a-skull-a-brain-a-mind-what/) [Lia Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lia-mills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5d/lia-mills-39575_libraries_the-high-domed-ceiling-put-me-in-mind-of_2732897.jpg) > [“What is inspired comes already arranged beforehand and there is very little to be done by the brain and by the mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/what-is-inspired-comes-already-arranged-beforehand-and-there-is-very/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e01/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_brain_what-is-inspired-comes-already-arranged_1743798.png) > [The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-brain-mind-is-not-a-computer-and-regarding-it-as-one-has-led-to-a/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cec/siri-hustvedt-860_computer_the-brain-mind-is-not-a-computer-and-reg_2382097.jpg) > [the brain, the mind, and all the things that happen inside it, it's a very erogenous zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-welch/the-brain-the-mind-and-all-the-things-that-happen-inside-it-it-s-a/) [Raquel Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-welch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/raquel-welch-10453_brain_the-brain-the-mind-and-all-the-things-th_202355.png) > [Genetics is crude, but neuroscience goes directly to work on the brain, and the mind follows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-kass/genetics-is-crude-but-neuroscience-goes-directly-to-work-on-the-brain/) [Leon Kass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-kass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/leon-kass-12927_biology_genetics-is-crude-but-neuroscience-goes_305282.jpg) > [I'm quite interested in my own mental processes, simply because I'm a failed scientist, and because I'm interested in how the brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-s-byatt-2/i-m-quite-interested-in-my-own-mental-processes-simply-because-i-m-a/) [A. S. Byatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-s-byatt-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/a-s-byatt-2-7553_avoid_i-m-quite-interested-in-my-own-mental-pr_3202480.jpg) > [One of the many conditions that have to be met for a brain to become a mind, and therefore have consciousness, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/one-of-the-many-conditions-that-have-to-be-met-for-a-brain-to-become/) [Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ea/aleksandar-hemon-1490_analog_one-of-the-many-conditions-that-have-to_2196255.jpg) > [People always say I'm shy! But I'm not even shy! Like, if you knew what I'm saying in my brain. I'm in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-hus/people-always-say-i-m-shy-but-i-m-not-even-shy-like-if-you-knew-what/) [J Hus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-hus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c14/j-hus-17250_brain_people-always-say-i-m-shy-but-i-m-not-ev_1864686.jpg) > [Daniel Levitin takes the most sophisticated ideas that exist about the brain and mind, applies them to the most emotionally direct art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-gopnik/daniel-levitin-takes-the-most-sophisticated-ideas-that-exist-about/) [Adam Gopnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-gopnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92e/adam-gopnik-6789_art_daniel-levitin-takes-the-most-sophistica_736726.jpg) > [I was just fascinated with the brain and the mind, and I found psychology engaging for writing about people, and that fed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eoin-macken/i-was-just-fascinated-with-the-brain-and-the-mind-and-i-found/) [Eoin Macken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eoin-macken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/eoin-macken-17220_brain_i-was-just-fascinated-with-the-brain-and_2797061.jpg) > [“•To become more expert at anything, the community needs to encourage and support the brain/ mind principle of relaxed alertness. Fear can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-a-flores/to-become-more-expert-at-anything-the-community-needs-to-encourage/) [Kelly a Flores](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-a-flores/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/kelly-a-flores-83913_alertness_to-become-more-expert-at-anything-the-co_414494.jpg) > [The brain is an immensely complex organ, and many mysteries remain. Exactly how brain and mind or soma and psyche are related…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-brain-is-an-immensely-complex-organ-and-many-mysteries-remain/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2de/siri-hustvedt-860_brain_the-brain-is-an-immensely-complex-organ_774923.jpg) > [ One of the ideas that runs through this book \[Lincoln in the Bardo\] is this Buddhist notion that the mind is incredibly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/one-of-the-ideas-that-runs-through-this-book-lincoln-in-the-bardo-is/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/george-saunders-317_book_one-of-the-ideas-that-runs-through-this_98166.jpg) > [Reductionism is not the right viewpoint for everything, and it certainly won't explain the relationship between the brain and the mind. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-eagleman/reductionism-is-not-the-right-viewpoint-for-everything-and-it/) [David Eagleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-eagleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/david-eagleman-2079_brain_reductionism-is-not-the-right-viewpoint_3119799.png) > [“Do all people have that? A face, a phrase, a landscape, an air bubble from the past suddenly floating up as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-nabokov/do-all-people-have-that-a-face-a-phrase-a-landscape-an-air-bubble/) [Vladimir Nabokov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-nabokov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/vladimir-nabokov-198_children_do-all-people-have-that-a-face-a-phrase_2317976.jpg) > [We still know so little about how the brain interacts with the body chemistry or, for that matter, whether we should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/allen-c-guelzo/we-still-know-so-little-about-how-the-brain-interacts-with-the-body/) [Allen C. Guelzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/allen-c-guelzo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/allen-c-guelzo-17586_body-chemistry_we-still-know-so-little-about-how-the-br_3109706.jpg) > [“Time if the inner form of animal sense that animates events-the still frames-of the spatial world. The mind animates the world like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lanza/time-if-the-inner-form-of-animal-sense-that-animates-events-the-still/) [robert lanza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lanza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/robert-lanza-14245_mind_time-if-the-inner-form-of-animal-sense-t_1426688.png) > [“Mind is just a word we use to describe neural activity in the brain. No brain, no mind. We know this because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shermer/mind-is-just-a-word-we-use-to-describe-neural-activity-in-the-brain/) [Michael Shermer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shermer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ce/michael-shermer-2567_early-childhood_mind-is-just-a-word-we-use-to-describe-n_147672.jpg) > [The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-brain-is-not-the-mind-it-is-probably-impossible-to-look-at-a-map/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/david-brooks-644_activity_the-brain-is-not-the-mind-it-is-probably_31104.png) > [The computer model will be replaced by an organic model, in which the brain-mind is embodied - part of a whole, dynamic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/the-computer-model-will-be-replaced-by-an-organic-model-in-which-the/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/siri-hustvedt-860_cognitive_the-computer-model-will-be-replaced-by-a_254344.jpg) > [Thought is a disease of the brain. The mind defends itself against the degenerative process of creativity; it begins to jell; notions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-m-disch/thought-is-a-disease-of-the-brain-the-mind-defends-itself-against-the/) [Thomas M. Disch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-m-disch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/thomas-m-disch-17152_brain_thought-is-a-disease-of-the-brain-the-mi_1148565.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain-mind/#itemlist", "name": "Brain Mind Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everyone has brain few have mind”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yarro Rai" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yarro-rai/everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/yarro-rai-50468_inspirational_everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind-1915933_1915933.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/yarro-rai-50468_inspirational_everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind-1915933_1915933.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a6/yarro-rai-50468_inspirational_everyone-has-brain-few-have-mind-1915933_1915933.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone has brain few have mind” — Yarro Rai", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have a brain and mind of your own. 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