--- title: "8 Mind Freed Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Mind Freed quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Mind Freed sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/ramakrishna-2451_bounds_by-the-mind-one-is-bound-by-the-mind-one_60148.png" --- > [By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/by-the-mind-one-is-bound-by-the-mind-one-is-freed-he-who-asserts-with/) [Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/ramakrishna-2451_bounds_by-the-mind-one-is-bound-by-the-mind-one_60148.png) > [If you dont do what is your duty on any subject, you cannot pardon yourself for the omission. So acting in time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-joseph-benziger/if-you-dont-do-what-is-your-duty-on-any-subject-you-cannot-pardon/) [T Joseph Benziger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-joseph-benziger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/t-joseph-benziger-9541_forgiveness_if-you-dont-do-what-is-your-duty-on-any_142646.jpg) > [“Our mind cannot be freed into the present moment while we are caged by the illusion of multitasking.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/our-mind-cannot-be-freed-into-the-present-moment-while-we-are-caged/) [Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f2/mokokoma-mokhonoana-195_be-here-now_our-mind-cannot-be-freed-into-the-presen_476461.jpg) > [“There was a wildness inside him; someday he would capture it. Not to be tamed, but to be released. For only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-rice/there-was-a-wildness-inside-him-someday-he-would-capture-it-not-to-be/) [Daniel J. Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/daniel-j-rice-24909_freed_there-was-a-wildness-inside-him-someday_834539.jpg) > [The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-kapleau/the-uniqueness-of-zazen-lies-in-this-that-the-mind-is-freed-from/) [Philip Kapleau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-kapleau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/philip-kapleau-28326_absolutes_the-uniqueness-of-zazen-lies-in-this-tha_1054155.png) > [“Louie found the raft offered an unlikely intellectual refuge. He had never recognized how noisy the civilized world was. Here, drifting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-hillenbrand/louie-found-the-raft-offered-an-unlikely-intellectual-refuge-he-had/) [Laura Hillenbrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-hillenbrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/laura-hillenbrand-3813_insightful_louie-found-the-raft-offered-an-unlikely_1115283.png) > [“If you can cut yourself—your mind—free of what other people do and say, of what you’ve said or done, of the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-aurelius/if-you-can-cut-yourself-your-mind-free-of-what-other-people-do-and/) [Marcus Aurelius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-aurelius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4a/marcus-aurelius-139_doing-what-s-right_if-you-can-cut-yourself-your-mind-free-o_1428096.jpg) > [Operating superficially, the mind is random in its activity and stale in its insights and images. However, with practice and experience the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matsuo-basho/operating-superficially-the-mind-is-random-in-its-activity-and-stale/) [Matsuo Basho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matsuo-basho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/matsuo-basho-7207_activity_operating-superficially-the-mind-is-rand_2644785.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind-freed/#itemlist", "name": "Mind Freed Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... 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