Psychology Quotes · Page 271

The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it.

— Louis Pasteur

I have sworn with my tongue, but my mind is unsworn. [Lat., Juravi lingua, mentem injuratem gero.]

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.

— John Milton

Set a goal so big that if you achieved it, it would blow your mind.

— Rhonda Byrne

“Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don’t want the present.”

— Eckhart Tolle

“Just as an arrow smith shapes an arrow to perfection with fire, so does the wise man shape his mind.”

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

All of your body is in your mind, but not all of your mind is in your body.

— Jack Schwarz

“While his mind had doubts about what he wanted, his body apparently did not”

— C.J. Roberts

When you truly care for someone, their mistakes can never change your feelings because it's the mind that get's angry, but the…

— Ash Sweeney

It's always fascinating to me and blows my mind whenever I'm in a video game because I am such a big video…

— Johnny Gargano

What we have come to, through a combination of popular psychology and expanding technology, is a presumption that all our thoughts and…

— Judith Martin

“Keep in mind that imagination is at the heart of all innovation. Crush or constrain it and the fun will vanish.”

— Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

''Negativity, an individualistic facet made to delude the mind into believing that ones happiness can't be found.''

— Jeremy Limn

To my mind, a journalist needs to espouse objectivity and distance, while a writer practises an art that is more free.

— Amitava Kumar

Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser; of the wrongdoer. It is not something to be squeeeeeezed out of the…

— Stefan Molyneux

A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work…

— Leszek Kolakowski

If only the scientific experts could come up with something to get it out of our minds. One cup of fixit fizzle…

— Robert Fulghum

“Just as your spatial-reality model gives you the subjective feeling of looking at a three-dimensional space even though your mind is actually…

— Max Tegmark

When I wrestled, I would set aside the time to wrestle, so that in my mind it didn't interfere with my study…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“A smart person, one who perhaps had her mind filled with religious ideas as a child but who recognizes that genuine mysteries…

— Eric Maisel

Since I've worked in film and television for so long, I've acquired the ability to let the version of the characters that…

— Mark Frost

Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is…

— George Washington

“Imagine, Bishop, that you have a beloved cat, but that your cat is not with you. If you close your eyes and…

— David Marusek

It's times like these I sit here and am grateful I have been through hardship, heartbreak and turmoil because I can stand…

— Natasha Buckmaster

The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer.

— John Steinbeck

The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you.

— Kristin Cashore

“The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance.”

— St. Augustine of Hippo

“If you put your mind in calm, the world will put you in peace.”

— Chhenghak Yang

It is only in your mind when you say you cant it is mainly in your ability when you say you can

— Megan Sartin

Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.

— Lynn Jennings

“The only way you can own this moment is to evict the victim mentality from the dwelling of your mind.”

— Steve Maraboli

“You know, Molly, if you can hold in your mind what you want long enough, you shall have it.”

— Kent Allan Rees

“Art is ment to travel from your heart to your head and out through your fingers...”

— Kelly Bingham

You need these experiences. Just know that sometimes, the director has a specific look in mind.

— Paula Abdul

If you are ruled by mind you are a king; if by body, a slave.

— Cato the Elder

Know yourself to be the changeless witness of the changeful mind. That is enough.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

— Bernard Law Montgomery

“In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable.”

— Kevin Alan Lee

Once the mind is met with understanding, it can always find its way home.

— Byron Katie

Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj