Joan Didion's 'The Year of Magical Thinking' comes to mind as an example of a piece of media that I really respect… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
Be happy when you reach the top: cry, clap your hands, shout to the four winds that you did it, let the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The man not only thinks, but speaks and acts. Every thought that arises in the mind, in its rising aims to pass… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There's a part of you - the born-again part, your spirit - that's dead to sin. That's why it bothers you now… — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
“It is the importance of this quality of generosity in fiction that requires a measure of childishness in the writer. People who… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
The longing to behold this pre-established harmony [of phenomena and theoretical principles] is the source of the inexhaustible patience and perseverance with… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Will it hurt?" I ask. "Getting your parts replaced?" Freak doesn't answer for a while and then he says in his stern,… — Rodman Philbrick Copy Share Image
Faith and repentance are the same; they are not two separate decisions. One cannot trust Christ as Savior without repenting or changing… — Curtis Hutson Copy Share Image
The old alchemy, or what was just called alchemy, has a history. Most people, if they've been trained in sciences, think of… — Fred Alan Wolf Copy Share Image
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life.… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I think that the theory of evolution is the most unscientific, faith-based, fundamentally brainless idea that ever had the misfortune to come… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
What distinguishes a great mnemonist, I learned, is the ability to create lavish images on the fly, to paint in the mind… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“From the perspective of the consciousness disciplines, our ordinary state of waking consciousness is severely suboptimal. Rather than contradicting the Western paradigm,… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
“We too, must overcome our own Mara, those things that arise in our minds to try to become discouraged and give up… — Ryusho Jeffus Copy Share Image
“Theodore had an apparently inexhaustible fund of knowledge about everything, but he imparted this knowledge with a sort of meticulous diffidence that… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
No matter what, ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. Any doubts must be put out of your mind. If you find yourself thinking something… — Christine Anderson Copy Share Image
“Suppose you were crossing the ocean in a supersonic jet-liner and you wandered into the cockpit. You certainly would not know how… — Murphy Joseph Copy Share Image
“He had learned early on the trick of living separately in a crowd, private in his mind when his body could not… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
It is easy to shield the outer body from poisoned arrows, but it is impossible to shield the mind from the poisoned… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
I feel that there are great minds up there who would like to see what I can do with an Oscar nomination.… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I've never really been associated with the hackers very much. I am sympathetic to them. I understand how their mind works. It's… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
“Next to the word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The attitude of the actor is his interpretation of what he reads, and the written word is what creates the role in… — Gene Barry Copy Share Image
The still lake without ripples is an image of our minds at ease, so full of unlimited friendliness for all the junk… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
When Stevie and I joined the band, we were in the midst of breaking up, as were John and Christine. By the… — Lindsey Buckingham Copy Share Image
“Some scholars maintain that we cannot think of non-existence of space, even if we can leave out all objects in it; nor… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
I alone must solve my problem. I have to clear my mind of everything else, think hard, analyze, explore my options, plan… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
“I took a step toward her. "It is my right to reside in my own mind. It is my right ," I… — Carmen Maria Machado Copy Share Image
“My instincts told me that death would somehow be…different. But my rational mind reminded me that I had probably tempted fate one… — M.A. George Copy Share Image
Haste always makes waste, because in haste your mind is very much topsy-turvy and you are bound to make mistakes. And if… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The person with a fixed goal, a clear picture of his desire, or an ideal always before him, causes it, through repetition,… — Claude M. Bristol Copy Share Image
“Right,' he said uncertainty. His mind was grinding through the problem. She was a witch. Just lately there'd been a lot of… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“One has various things in the back of one's mind. Occasionally an opportunity presents itself to bring one forward. Most of these… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I close my eyes and paint these walls a different color. I imagine I’m wearing warm socks and sitting by a… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
The life of action need not be renounced. If you meditate for an hour or two every day you can then carry… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“If you let your mind dwell on rooms like this, you could end up being oddly sad and full of a strange… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I say yes to the hot bath and the sandwich - to getting ourselves into the best possible mental shape to identify… — George Saunders Copy Share Image