Philosophy of Mind Quotes · Page 139

Every thought, speech, and action of a person influences everything in the environment.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.

— Charles William Eliot

“What you can't comprehend within your thoughts will be impossible to make real within your world.”

— Steven Redhead

“You believe you have no soul. That's a disorganized thought in my world. -Sarah Lange to Dr. David Sutton”

— Barbara Hall

“Your highest thoughts hold the key to your highest rewards.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.

— Bill Watterson

“Because thoughts are energy, energy is matter, and matter never disappears...”

— Anonymous

When we meditate, we are aligning our energy fields to a divine consciousness of love.

— Anonymous

To stop thought it's necessary to put your life into a state of balance. Otherwise you can sit and meditate for hours…

— Frederick Lenz

The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to…

— Marianne Williamson

There is but one indefectibly certain truth , and that is the truth that pyrrhonistic scepticism itself leaves standing, the truth that…

— William James

“His thoughts were hemmed in. One can only draw curved lines on the terrestrial sphere which, as they extend, forever meet with…

— Raymond Queneau

We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.

— Vladimir Nabokov

Physiology is concerned with all those phenomena of life that present them selves to us in sense perception as bodily processes, and…

— Wilhelm Wundt

Thought is essentially practical in the sense that but for thought no motion would be an action, no change a progress.

— George Santayana

When your thoughts, words, and deeds form a seamless fabric, you streamline your efforts and thus eliminate worry and dread.

— Epictetus

“I forced myself to stop thinking about it. I went to the room in my brain where all my thoughts about Adam…

— Marian Keyes

We use each other to become wise. We use each other to grow. Think about it ... every success you have ever…

— Change Your Conversation

“If we don’t readjust our perception in time, the screeching hinges in our mind may break for want of oil and our…

— Erik Pevernagie

“When you eat food you never say, "Let it be inner." When you are thirsty and you drink water, you never say,…

— Osho

“For before all things were visible, physical, I alone used to go about in the invisible, spiritual thinks like the sun from…

— Joseph B. Lumpkin

“The suggestions of others in themselves have absolutely no power whatever over you except the power that you give them through your…

— Joseph Murphy

Direct your attention inward. Have a look inside yourself. What kind of thoughts is your mind producing? What do you feel? Direct…

— Eckhart Tolle

The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such nourishment it will, reluctantly, begin to…

— Agatha Christie

Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure.

— Jon Gordon

Expression and thought are inextricably linked: crude language permits only crude thinking.

— Sarah Churchwell

Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.

— Rollo May

“as if languagelessness was a step up, in evolution, from the chatter of consciousness.”

— Sharon Olds

Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom.

— I. A. Richards

“If x is conscious with y, then x is conscious. If x exists alone, then x is not conscious.”

— Joey Lawsin

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

— Eckhart Tolle

It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.

— Hans Christian Andersen

In the way of God, thoughts count very little. Love does it all.

— Brother Lawrence

“If you fill your mind with wonderful thoughts, there can be no room left for doubt.”

— Silvia Hartmann

In large measure, writing is the spatialization of thought.

— Marshall McLuhan

“Reflect your thoughts and watch others mirror them back to you.”

— Stephen Richards

My every thought has the power either to wound or heal. I will use my thoughts wisely and respect their power.

— Deepak Chopra

My consciousness is without limits more than when I was 40 or 50.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

To be more aware, we need only listen for and let go of the thoughts which steal our attention.

— Guy Finley

Experience is the child of Thought, and Thought is the child of Action. We cannot learn men from books.

— Benjamin Disraeli