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> [The mind must be allowed to settle undisturbed over the object in order to secrete the pearl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/the-mind-must-be-allowed-to-settle-undisturbed-over-the-object-in/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/virginia-woolf-49_apathy_the-mind-must-be-allowed-to-settle-undis_609210.jpg)

> [“I could not feel, smell, see, hear, or taste the world around me. If I had allowed myself to experience these things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/i-could-not-feel-smell-see-hear-or-taste-the-world-around-me-if-i-had/)

[Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/yeonmi-park-32948_activist_i-could-not-feel-smell-see-hear-or-taste_763801.jpg)

> [I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-foreman/i-like-to-write-on-airplanes-that-forced-meditation-time-when-you/)

[Jon Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-foreman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/jon-foreman-2854_airplane_i-like-to-write-on-airplanes-that-forced_1447646.png)

> [“Just as I allowed them to live in my mind, I allowed them to die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-sobon/just-as-i-allowed-them-to-live-in-my-mind-i-allowed-them-to-die/)

[Nicole Sobon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-sobon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/nicole-sobon-14596_psychology_just-as-i-allowed-them-to-live-in-my-min_1736245.jpg)

> [“Let your eyes see what they see, not what others want you to see. Let your ears hear what they naturally hear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liezi/let-your-eyes-see-what-they-see-not-what-others-want-you-to-see-let/)

[Liezi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liezi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddb/liezi-73849_constraints_let-your-eyes-see-what-they-see-not-what_2662816.jpg)

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