--- title: "15 Mental Process Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Mental Process quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Mental Process sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/robert-monroe-49098_accepted_the-most-difficult-mental-process-of-all_1519360.png" --- > [The most difficult mental process of all is to consider objectively any concept which, if accepted as fact, will toss into discard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-monroe/the-most-difficult-mental-process-of-all-is-to-consider-objectively/) [Robert Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/robert-monroe-49098_accepted_the-most-difficult-mental-process-of-all_1519360.png) > [“Flexibility is a mental process which results in an action that tests a possible solution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-zhu/flexibility-is-a-mental-process-which-results-in-an-action-that-tests/) [Pearl Zhu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-zhu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/363/pearl-zhu-621_flexibility_flexibility-is-a-mental-process-which-re_859189.jpg) > [“Forgiveness is a powerful mental process that detoxifies our mental, spiritual and physical realms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-jacinta-mpalyenkana-ph-d-mba/forgiveness-is-a-powerful-mental-process-that-detoxifies-our-mental/) [Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-jacinta-mpalyenkana-ph-d-mba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/dr-jacinta-mpalyenkana-ph-d-mb_forgiveness_forgiveness-is-a-powerful-mental-process_1537798.jpg) > [Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edith-wharton/nothing-is-more-perplexing-to-a-man-than-the-mental-process-of-a/) [Edith Wharton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edith-wharton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/789/edith-wharton-512_emotion_nothing-is-more-perplexing-to-a-man-than_691131.png) > [Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-g-palmer/abstraction-is-a-mental-process-we-use-when-trying-to-discern-what-is/) [Tom G. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-g-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/tom-g-palmer-24998_abstract_abstraction-is-a-mental-process-we-use-w_2775843.png) > [Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donella-meadows/your-paradigm-is-so-intrinsic-to-your-mental-process-that-you-are/) [Donella Meadows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donella-meadows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/donella-meadows-9060_existence_your-paradigm-is-so-intrinsic-to-your-me_978973.png) > [“In performance training, first we learn to flow with whatever comes. Then we learn to use whatever comes to our advantage. Finally,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-waitzkin/in-performance-training-first-we-learn-to-flow-with-whatever-comes/) [Josh Waitzkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-waitzkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bd/josh-waitzkin-24153_fitness_in-performance-training-first-we-learn-t_1183427.jpg) > [“Every mental process, or every mental action, that takes place in our wide-awake consciousness will, if it has depth of feeling or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christian-d-larson/every-mental-process-or-every-mental-action-that-takes-place-in-our/) [Christian D. Larson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christian-d-larson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/573/christian-d-larson-9540_action_every-mental-process-or-every-mental-act_645809.png) > [Let's define listening as making meaning from sound. It's a mental process, and it's a process of extraction. We use some pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/let-s-define-listening-as-making-meaning-from-sound-it-s-a-mental/) [Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17f/julian-treasure-8346_communication_let-s-define-listening-as-making-meaning_1988618.jpg) > [To be rationally minded, the mental process of the intuitive appears to work backward. His conclusions are reached before his premises. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-g-wickes/to-be-rationally-minded-the-mental-process-of-the-intuitive-appears/) [Frances G. Wickes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-g-wickes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/frances-g-wickes-37604_conclusion_to-be-rationally-minded-the-mental-proce_2938421.jpg) > [To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-hallowell/to-create-worry-humans-elongate-fear-with-anticipation-and-memory/) [Edward Hallowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-hallowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0d/edward-hallowell-27891_anticipation_to-create-worry-humans-elongate-fear-wit_2869906.jpg) > [The more I drive myself into the depth of my inside, the more things come up to my vision, visibly or invisibly...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroko-sakai/the-more-i-drive-myself-into-the-depth-of-my-inside-the-more-things/) [Hiroko Sakai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroko-sakai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/hiroko-sakai-16531_art_the-more-i-drive-myself-into-the-depth-o_2490411.png) > [The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other than those which are practiced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/the-vast-results-obtained-by-science-are-won-by-no-mystical-faculties/) [Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/thomas-huxley-1183_affair_the-vast-results-obtained-by-science-are_1327310.jpg) > [If you view everything through the lens of fear, then you tend to stay in retreat mode. You can just as easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/if-you-view-everything-through-the-lens-of-fear-then-you-tend-to-stay/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/robert-greene-498_action_if-you-view-everything-through-the-lens_2651536.jpg) > [“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. It is the same as the pupil, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/when-we-read-another-person-thinks-for-us-we-merely-repeat-his-mental/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c25/arthur-schopenhauer-226_psychology_when-we-read-another-person-thinks-for-u_140136.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-process/#itemlist", "name": "Mental Process Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The most difficult mental process of all is to consider objectively any concept which, if accepted as fact, will toss into discard a lifetime of training and experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Monroe" }, "url": 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I even do not know if I am seeing them with my eye or with my mind. I just need to copy them on my canvases. But this mental process is always overwhelming. I often have hard time to deal with my emotion on this state. You could call this depression on surface? But actually, so many 're-birth' and 'reform' are going on on my thoughts, inspiration, philosophy...etc in the underwater. I believe this struggle make my art real. 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