--- title: "15 Western Mind Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 15 Western Mind quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Western Mind sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/rajneesh-54_eastern_the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-m_1019265.jpg" --- > [The western mind is linear, the eastern mind is circular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-mind-is-circular/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/rajneesh-54_eastern_the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-m_1019265.jpg) > [Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/science-is-the-tool-of-the-western-mind-and-with-it-more-doors-can-be/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/carl-jung-274_doors_science-is-the-tool-of-the-western-mind_2167697.jpg) > [The western mind makes definitions; it draws lines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/the-western-mind-makes-definitions-it-draws-lines/) [Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/camille-paglia-652_definitions_the-western-mind-makes-definitions-it-dr_3203110.png) > [That is one of the problems with the Western mind hurry. People want everything immediately. They think in terms of instant coffee,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/that-is-one-of-the-problems-with-the-western-mind-hurry-people-want/) [Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc9/ritu-ghatourey-5_buddhism_that-is-one-of-the-problems-with-the-wes_3073156.jpg) > [Once the Western mind was disconnected from its sense of divine responsibility and genuine reverence towards nature, all hell broke loose. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/once-the-western-mind-was-disconnected-from-its-sense-of-divine/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/marianne-williamson-90_broke_once-the-western-mind-was-disconnected-f_1655132.png) > [The university is the archive of the Western mind, it's the keeper of the Western culture, ... the guardian of our heritage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adlai-e-stevenson/the-university-is-the-archive-of-the-western-mind-it-s-the-keeper-of/) [Adlai E. Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adlai-e-stevenson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6b/adlai-e-stevenson-9902_archives_the-university-is-the-archive-of-the-wes_2260285.jpg) > [The western mind, because of it's unique history, is the most sensitive mind to the impact of psychedelics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/the-western-mind-because-of-it-s-unique-history-is-the-most-sensitive/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/terence-mckenna-287_history_the-western-mind-because-of-it-s-unique_2080774.png) > [There's something in the Western mind that gets very nervous when you try to talk about the bedrock of ontology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/there-s-something-in-the-western-mind-that-gets-very-nervous-when-you/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/terence-mckenna-287_bedrock_there-s-something-in-the-western-mind-th_2632873.png) > [In the dead world of the Western mind all that is seen are shades of gray. There's a cloud over every experience.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-the-dead-world-of-the-western-mind-all-that-is-seen-are-shades-of/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-the-dead-world-of-the-western-mind-al_2270813.jpg) > [“But the western mind can't bear an opt- out option. we're going to have to re-fight the Battle of the Little Bighorn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/but-the-western-mind-can-t-bear-an-opt-out-option-we-re-going-to-have/) [Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/michael-pollan-408_psychology_but-the-western-mind-can-t-bear-an-opt-o_1356277.jpg) > [“It is difficult, even now, for the Western mind to understand the complexities and subtleties of an Eastern-mind heart. The puzzle piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nischala-joy-devi/it-is-difficult-even-now-for-the-western-mind-to-understand-the/) [Nischala Joy Devi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nischala-joy-devi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/nischala-joy-devi-80628_mind-heart_it-is-difficult-even-now-for-the-western_3133008.jpg) > [Our western mind lacking all culture in this respect, has never yet devised a concept, not even a name for "the union…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/our-western-mind-lacking-all-culture-in-this-respect-has-never-yet/) [Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/341/carl-jung-274_chinese_our-western-mind-lacking-all-culture-in_224520.jpg) > [I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-think-the-real-test-of-psychedelics-is-what-you-do-with-them-when/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/terence-mckenna-287_art_i-think-the-real-test-of-psychedelics-is_1824037.jpg) > [We live in a supermarket of ideas, faiths, practices, theories, ideologies, and much else besides. Never in human history have there been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-fontana/we-live-in-a-supermarket-of-ideas-faiths-practices-theories/) [David Fontana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-fontana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/david-fontana-48347_attention_we-live-in-a-supermarket-of-ideas-faiths_1819653.png) > [ “What finally turned me back toward the older traditions of my own \[Chickasaw\] and other Native peoples was the inhumanity of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hogan/what-finally-turned-me-back-toward-the-older-traditions-of-my-own/) [Linda Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/832/linda-hogan-14661_animals_what-finally-turned-me-back-toward-the-o_1003156.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/western-mind/#itemlist", "name": "Western Mind Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The western mind is linear, the eastern mind is circular.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-mind-is-circular/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/rajneesh-54_eastern_the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-m_1019265.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/rajneesh-54_eastern_the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-m_1019265.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a9/rajneesh-54_eastern_the-western-mind-is-linear-the-eastern-m_1019265.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The western mind is linear, the eastern mind is circular.” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Jung" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/science-is-the-tool-of-the-western-mind-and-with-it-more-doors-can-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/carl-jung-274_doors_science-is-the-tool-of-the-western-mind_2167697.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/carl-jung-274_doors_science-is-the-tool-of-the-western-mind_2167697.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/carl-jung-274_doors_science-is-the-tool-of-the-western-mind_2167697.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands.” — Carl Jung", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The western mind makes definitions; it draws lines.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Camille Paglia" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/the-western-mind-makes-definitions-it-draws-lines/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/camille-paglia-652_definitions_the-western-mind-makes-definitions-it-dr_3203110.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/camille-paglia-652_definitions_the-western-mind-makes-definitions-it-dr_3203110.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/camille-paglia-652_definitions_the-western-mind-makes-definitions-it-dr_3203110.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The western mind makes definitions; it draws lines.” — Camille Paglia", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That is one of the problems with the Western mind hurry. 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There's a cloud over every experience. There's no possibility of divine incarnation, divine intervention, let alone that one's self in every moment is divine.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/in-the-dead-world-of-the-western-mind-all-that-is-seen-are-shades-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-the-dead-world-of-the-western-mind-al_2270813.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-the-dead-world-of-the-western-mind-al_2270813.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/592/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_in-the-dead-world-of-the-western-mind-al_2270813.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the dead world of the Western mind all that is seen are shades of gray. 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If we were feeling those things we would not be practicing culture as we are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Terence McKenna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/i-think-the-real-test-of-psychedelics-is-what-you-do-with-them-when/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/terence-mckenna-287_art_i-think-the-real-test-of-psychedelics-is_1824037.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/terence-mckenna-287_art_i-think-the-real-test-of-psychedelics-is_1824037.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/terence-mckenna-287_art_i-think-the-real-test-of-psychedelics-is_1824037.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think the real test of psychedelics is what you do with them when you're not on them, what kind of culture…” — Terence McKenna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We live in a supermarket of ideas, faiths, practices, theories, ideologies, and much else besides. Never in human history have there been so many movements and ideas struggling to attract our attention. Added to this, the Western world is swamped by material goods and the Western mind is dominated by the goal of material success. In all this confusion, Zen stands out as a voice of sanity. It represents a different way of seeing the world, one based upon the rediscovery of who we really are and have always been, through revealing to us our true nature.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Fontana" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-fontana/we-live-in-a-supermarket-of-ideas-faiths-practices-theories/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/david-fontana-48347_attention_we-live-in-a-supermarket-of-ideas-faiths_1819653.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/david-fontana-48347_attention_we-live-in-a-supermarket-of-ideas-faiths_1819653.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed6/david-fontana-48347_attention_we-live-in-a-supermarket-of-ideas-faiths_1819653.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We live in a supermarket of ideas, faiths, practices, theories, ideologies, and much else besides. Never in…” — David Fontana", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What finally turned me back toward the older traditions of my own [Chickasaw] and other Native peoples was the inhumanity of the Western world, the places--both inside and out--where the culture's knowledge and language don't go, and the despair, even desperation, it has spawned. We live, I see now, by different stories, the Western mind and the indigenous. In the older, more mature cultures where people still live within the kinship circles of animals and human beings there is a connection with animals, not only as food, but as 'powers,' a word which can be taken to mean states of being, gifts, or capabilities. I've found, too, that the ancient intellectual traditions are not merely about belief, as some would say. Belief is not a strong enough word. They are more than that: They are part of lived experience, the on-going experience of people rooted in centuries-old knowledge that is held deep and strong, knowledge about the natural laws of Earth, from the beginning of creation, and the magnificent terrestrial intelligence still at work, an intelligence now newly called ecology by the Western science that tells us what our oldest tribal stories maintain--the human animal is a relatively new creation here; animal and plant presences were here before us; and we are truly the younger sisters and brothers of the other animal species, not quite as well developed as we thought we were. It is through our relationships with animals and plants that we maintain a way of living, a cultural ethics shaped from an ancient understanding of the world, and this is remembered in stories that are the deepest reflections of our shared lives on Earth. That we held, and still hold, treaties with the animals and plant species is a known part of tribal culture. The relationship between human people and animals is still alive and resonant in the world, the ancient tellings carried on by a constellation of stories, songs, and ceremonies, all shaped by lived knowledge of the world and its many interwoven, unending relationships. These stories and ceremonies keep open the bridge between one kind of intelligence and another, one species and another. 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