Books of yesterday are often criticised as offering an unrealistic Pollyanna view of the world. But the grim 'realities' we are forcing… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
The strain of constant adaptation to so many fearful events and discoveries is already too much to bear with sanity; one has… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
Moreover, the attitude that one ought to believe such and such a proposition, independently of the question whether there is evidence in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
He had thrown himself away, he had lost interest in everything, and life, falling in with his feelings, had demanded nothing of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“He was surprised, as always, to witness a new degradation, to find another display of wretchedness original enough to bring tears to… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
Your ability to set goals is the master skill of success. Goals unlock your positive mind and release ideas and energy for… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“I made my way to the control room, where I had the most mind-numbing communication that I’ve ever experienced with a man.… — Mixerman Copy Share Image
It is thus hardly surprising that so many of the great minds in recent history have concerned themselves with economic matters. Indeed,… — Paul Zane Pilzer Copy Share Image
The mind wraps itself around a poem. It is almost sensual, particularly if you work on a computer. You can turn the… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
As long as I stared at the clock, at least the world remained in motion. Not a very consequential world, but in… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
There's an apparent freedom, an apparent liberty of access to everything, but you can't use it because it's too much. Everything is… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
Normal, ordinary people do not think like a Serial Killer. They have no conception of what is going on in a killer’s… — Richard Ramirez Copy Share Image
We know that people are less open in conversations if the other conversant puts a cell phone on the table. Even if… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
You paid attention to every cornerback that was drafted before you. You always tried to outperform those guys. And for me, that's… — Jason McCourty Copy Share Image
Like all real treasures of the mind, perception can be split into infinitely small fractions without losing its quality. The weeds in… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
There's no secret, but inspiration has to find you working. And that's one of the key things that I've always remembered. And… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
We have the ability to effect a great positive change in the world, starting with the training of our own minds and… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
I wanted to do a lot of things in wine, but I didn't know how to do it. So before I invested… — C. J. McCollum Copy Share Image
A visit to New Hampshire supplies the most resources to a traveler, and confers the most benefit on the mind and taste,… — Thomas Starr King Copy Share Image
Bingo pup. It's a lesson best learned early. They're all afraid of us." He strolled over to Derek. "You're trying to be… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition. The experimental habit of mind is… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Is there any wilderness of sand in the deserts of Arabia, is there any prospect of desolation among the ruins of Palestine,… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Elk have not been seen in Switzerland for many a year. In the interests of scientific accuracy, please strike the idea of… — Maryrose Wood Copy Share Image
When I sit with students, I do not just want to help them solve their problems. I want to find a moment… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“That’s when he’d run and run until he was nothing more than two feet and a pair of lungs, until he coughed… — Carmen Amato Copy Share Image
For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“...at every twirl a year fell from his shoulders; soon he felt back at the age of twenty, when in that very… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The women used the music to get their men to relate to them better: "talk to me, tell me what's on your… — Barry White Copy Share Image
As a great democratic society, we have a special responsibility to the arts. For art is the great democrat, calling forth creative… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight,… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
I think people fall into one of two camps: you're either a dog or a cat. Dogs want to be liked -… — Angela Scanlon Copy Share Image
Yes, flexibility of body and physical perfection for Yogasana is important. However more important is the state of your mind, Meditative mind.… — B.K.S. Iyengar Copy Share Image
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
