Philosophy of Mind Quotes · Page 159

Thought can never capture the movement of life, it is much too slow.

— U.G. Krishnamurti

“Life is a continuous war between negative and positive thoughts.Yes continuous.”

— Sandeep Kakkar

When you control your thoughts and emotions, you control everything.

— Marshall Sylver

Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.

— Anthony de Mello

Your mind will take on the character of your most frequent thoughts: souls are dyed by thoughts.

— Marcus Aurelius

Everyone is overridden by thoughts; that's why they have so much heartache and sorrow.

— Rumi

“Practice is the process of moving conscious action into subconscious and unconscious action.”

— Ted Agon

My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; I know not where I am nor what I do.

— William Shakespeare

If we are in silence - in absolute silence with no thoughts - for 10 minutes, it's only a thought that tells…

— Byron Katie

Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today.

— Graham Hancock

The body, like everything else in life, is a mirror of our inner thoughts and beliefs. Every cell within your body responds…

— Louise Hay

“When we identify the thoughts that keep us from seeing others as they truly are we prepare the ground for real love.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“We can control and direct our thoughts, but it often feels like our thoughts have minds of their own, controlling us and…

— S.J. Scott

The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far…

— George Bernard Shaw

Man the individual consoles himself for his passing with the thought of the offspring or the works which he leaves behind.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

As regards intellectual work it remains a fact, indeed, that great decisions in the realm of thought and momentous discoveries and solutions…

— Sigmund Freud

Sometimes I implant thoughts, sometimes I extract thoughts, but I don't like to explain it too much. It's based on science, deduction,…

— Keith Barry

“We all know the artfulness with which a dropped coin hides itself, and the job we have to find it again. There…

— Victor Hugo

The conditions of a true critique and a true creation are the same: the destruction of an image of thought which presupposes…

— Gilles Deleuze

“But you see, most of us are concerned with revolt within the prison; we want better food, a little more light, a…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Think of admitting the details of a single case of the criminal court into our thoughts, to stalk profanely through their very…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The girl and Doctor Reefy began their courtship on a summer afternoon. He was forty-five then and already he had begun the…

— Sherwood Anderson

“The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my…

— Helen Keller

“Close your eyes and let the mind expand. Let no fear of death or darkness arrest its course. Allow the mind to…

— Hermes

Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Any thought which tends to inspire, to comfort, and to give peace to the mind is good.

— Ernest Holmes

Your brain does not manufacture thoughts. Your thoughts shape neural networks.

— Deepak Chopra

“What is said when drunk has been thought out beforehand.”

— Anonymous

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick

— Milarepa

“Staring into the abyss of the blank page, thoughts form a perception searching for a voice.”

— Steve Sagarra

The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires. These are the cause of action.

— Raymond Holliwell

“Sanity was the gap between perception and desire, and that gap had closed.”

— Max Gladstone

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Giving credence to persistent intuitions awakens the dormant heart consciousness.”

— Steven Redhead

there is moss on the walls and the stain of thought and failure and waiting

— Charles Bukowski

Every thought, good or bad, becomes concrete; it materializes and becomes a reality.

— Emile Coue

When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.

— Napoleon Hill

I'm suddenly finding it hard to know the difference between nightmares and consciousness.

— Lauren DeStefano

Everything is energy. Thought is energy and thoughts are real things.

— James Van Praagh

Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.

— Anonymous