“Until recently, it was believed that when a baby was born its mind was a clean slate on which its teachers could… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Always preoccupied with his profound researches, the great Newton showed in the ordinary-affairs of life an absence of mind which has become… — Camille Flammarion Copy Share Image
“Again he picked up a stone and kept rolling it in his hands. His hands were damp with mounting excitement. What was… — Fred Chappell Copy Share Image
In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To begin depriving death of its greatest advantage over us, let us adopt a way clean contrary to that common one; let… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
He lived at a little distance from his body, regarding his own acts with doubtful side-glances. He had an odd autobiographical habit… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The world that I should wish to see would be one freed from the virulence of group hostilities and capable of realizing… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: "That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and… — Tilda Swinton Copy Share Image
If you're asking me what I love, it's that point where I'm just scribbling and trying to make myself laugh and trying… — Barry Blitt Copy Share Image
Quality. That's the first word, the one word that comes to mind when I think of the books published by Abrams. In… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“And in this doleful mood he ventured to wonder if they ever thought back to when things were just old-fangled or not… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I believe you have to write every day–make the time. It’s about having an organized mind instead of a chaotic and untidy… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Plate glass... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I’m trying to embroider.” Hyacinth held up her handiwork as proof. “You’re trying to avoid—” Her mother stopped, blinking. “I say, why… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage - courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity; thoughts of… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world.… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the… — William Bridges Copy Share Image
“A hole opened up and he had to know what was inside it. So he picked and picked until the hole was… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
What I see as the particularly exciting prospect for writing horror fiction as we go forward is setting stories in more internal… — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
I am not sure just what Marx had in mind when he wrote that "philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned is this: Never allow yourself to hate a people because of the actions of a few. Hatred and… — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
The Land of Dreams, that mystical realm, where the oddest of visions appear, come wander through scenes of joyful peace, or stampeded… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
“He could tell when the bullying, the relentless sarcasm, the constant, all-encompassing vigilance had become too exhausting. When one of his people… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of losses people suffer - from the small to the large. You can lose your keys, your glasses,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
The Noonday Demon explores the subterranean realms of an illness which is on the point of becoming endemic, and which more than… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
We know that God disciplines His children, and that testing, suffering, and persecution come to us from Heaven to stretch, grow, and… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
Once in a while a person does only one thing in his whole life, and we'll talk about that later, but a… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, 'I… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
If your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you may wake up each day with failure in mind because the goal is… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Have you never been moved by poor men's fidelity, the image of you they form in their simple minds? Why should you… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
We don't want to blame the victim. The civil rights movement had a profound effect on the United States and on the… — Jerome Kagan Copy Share Image
When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try… — William Landay Copy Share Image
Hoyt was by himself right under one of the portable lights rigged up for the occasion. He had his hands thrust in… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
“This so gnawed at him on some nights that he lay awake wondering just how many unknown and similarly inconsequential accidents and… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that… — Meir Kahane Copy Share Image
No guy in his right mind would ever choose me when there are people like Hana in the world: It would be… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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