Mind Quotes · Page 331

“He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human.”

— William Golding

the body is wiser than its inhabitants. the body is the soul. the body is god’s messenger.

— Erica Jong

You got a little bit of an attitude, Mr. English, if you don't mind my saying so. I don't mind.

— Josh Lanyon

Meditation is a rich and powerful method of study for anyone who knows how to examine his mind.

— Michel de Montaigne

Music used to change people's minds - and it still changes mine.

— Rosanna Arquette

For me, in my mind personally and privately, there are no limits to comedy.

— Limmy

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

— Plautus

Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

The truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind…

— Richard Branson

“Show a man too many camels' bones, or show them to him too often, and he will not be able to recognize…

— Idries Shah

Get your mind unbound and free; and then from the loosest, highest, best place you have, with the fastest and most humorous…

— Stephen Gaskin

I wanted to go into prison and come out a better person - mentally, physically. So, I read a lot of books,…

— Ja Rule

I had learned how it felt to want more than the sweet touch of hand to cheek or lips to palm, more…

— Juliet Marillier

I think a lot of great software has been written by people who are scratching a short-term itch, something which has been…

— Tim Berners-Lee

Hatred, jealousy, and fear hinder peace of mind. When you're angry or unforgiving, for example, your mental suffering is constant. It is…

— Dalai Lama

The more we incline our hearts and minds toward God, the more heavenly light distills upon our souls. Gradually, things that before…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“To Mr. Jones, she said, imagine you're looking up at a blue sky, and imagine a tiny airplane skywriting the letter Z.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Whether he likes it or not, [he] cannot remain incognito forever. He has outraged too many wise men and pleased too many…

— Orson Scott Card

I'M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I'm a law abiding citizen I could still be…

— Benjamin Watson

Why don't we all just go crazy when we know were going to croak? Because the mind's a monkey. You put things…

— Stephen King

The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute…

— Daniel H. Pink

The truth is that every intelligent man, as you know, dreams of being a gangster and of ruling over society by force…

— Albert Camus

“Remember this, son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When I get an idea I start at once building it up in my imagination. I change the construction, make improvements and…

— Nikola Tesla

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

— Antonio Banderas

We have so many words for states of the mind, and so few for states of the body.

— Jeanne Moreau

Success is self-defined. You can choose what you think success is, and you can always change your mind.

— Mark Manson

Never be afraid to speak your mind, you have one for a reason.

— Sarah Moores

Take my heart and mold it; take my mind, transform it; take my will, conform it - to Yours, to Yours, to…

— Micah Stampley

The day I heard Juventus were interested in me, my mind was made up.

— Paulo Dybala

Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.

— Victor Hugo

Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush…

— Minnie Pearl

We compensate for what we don't do internally by projecting and allowing our minds to be marinated in chronic fantasy.

— Jean Houston

I never think about a photo before I start it. I try to let my mind relax, and then when I get…

— Roger Ballen

I'm not even thinking about going back to play football at all. My mind's made up. I'm done.

— Keyshawn Johnson

Without a doubt in my mind, I believe that vaccinations triggered Evan's autism.

— Jenny McCarthy

“It was his habit, when he rewrote anything, to shed himself of all earlier versions. He kept a clean house.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.

— St. Lucia

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I don't mind not having recognition. If it happens, fine, but it doesn't bother me that it's not there.

— Jon Glaser