Psychology Quotes · Page 622

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

— John Burdett

It isn't the instrument that influences High-Minded or Low-Minded; it's the quality of Mind itself.

— Cynthia Ozick

If men's minds were like dominoes, surely his would be the double blank.

— P. G. Wodehouse

“Same mind with same old ideas enters the same old year; only the new mind with new ideas enters the New Year!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations.

— Robert A. Burton

Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative.

— Matt Ridley

Flexibility requires an open mind and a welcoming of new alternatives.

— Anonymous

People tend to see themselves differently compared to how others see them.

— Adonis Medina

“We have a mental health system that is dominated by political and hidden forces that keep us stagnated and unable to see…

— Anonymous

If the national mind of America be judged of by its legislation, it is of a very high order ... If the…

— Harriet Martineau

“Make the earth a dwelling place. Cultivate the heart and mind. Practice benevolence. Stand by your word. Govern with equity. Serve skillfully.…

— Lao Tzu

“If your words touch the hearts, that’s good; if your words touch the minds, that’s better and if your words touch both…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

I know I shouldn't say this—I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evil—and yet…

— Sara Zarr

“I love when my mind focuses on how wonderful I am and lets all the other (less generous) thoughts recede into the…

— Scott Stabile

I would never want to write a character who was not thoroughly herself or himself. She's a very specific creature in my…

— Lynne Tillman

“But in my quiet moments, in those long rides in the back of a bus or the bed of a truck, my…

— Khaled Hosseini

“An act of terrorism is not an ideology, nor religion. It is the lack of hope, of opportunity and of love. When…

— Mahima Martel

The plants that produce visions can function- for those of us who have inherited the New World Order of barren materialism, cut…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

“The doctrine of the atonement is to my mind one of the surest proofs of the divine inspiration of Holy Scripture. Who…

— Charles H. Spurgeon

But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap…

— Ransom Riggs

I know that the United Kingdom is sometimes seen as an argumentative and rather strong-minded member of the family of European nations.…

— David Cameron

He [Thomas Edison] considered [money] as a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing…

— Charles Edison

If I fulfill YOUR expectations, how am I going to transform you? I have to DESTROY your expectations. I have to destroy…

— Rajneesh

“It is just because we live in an active and responsible time that we need more consciousness and self-reflection,” otherwise we will…

— Gary Valentine Lachman

I've often talked about metal being the underdog in rock n' roll music.

— Rob Halford

The ponderous tomes are bales of the mind's merchandise.

— Robert Aris Willmott

Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.

— Wayne Dyer

“If we mediate on the Scriptures, our minds shall be on Christ Jesus, the Saviour.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“My mind is the sun, and my heart is the moon. In the sky between them, there I am. Cristen Rodgers”

— Cristen Rodgers

The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.

— Gregory Maguire

I will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be…

— Eddie Alvarez

I'm a grown man. I have six kids. I'm married now. So I speak my mind.

— Stephen Jackson

The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.

— Charles Caleb Colton

I like older boys, but they think, 'She's underage.' I'd love to have somebody in mind when I sing.

— Mandy Moore

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

— Anonymous

The love of fame usually spurs on the mind. [Lat., Ingenio stimulos subdere fama solet.]

— Ovid

Your mind, more than your actions, determines your net worth.

— Robert Kiyosaki

I would gaze at your face the whole night though. I'd go out of my mind but for you.

— Sting

In my mind I can be wherever, whatever and whoever I want. Isn't awesome?! But isn't pathetic too?

— Anonymous

I don't mind getting older; I just don't want to be in pain.

— Cornelia Parker