His Own Mind Quotes
53 quotes by 47 authors
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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that…
— John Calvin
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The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly…
— Andrew Carnegie
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No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.
— Selma Lagerlöf
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The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of…
— Charles Dudley Warner
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It is the mission of the pedagogue, not to make his pupils think, but to make them think right, and the more nearly his own…
— H. L. Mencken
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No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially those who are the worst of us. Some of the…
— Jim Butcher
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He realized now that a lot of the problem had been his own mind, which was usually moving at a speed ten or twenty times…
— Stephen King
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[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty…
— Swami Vivekananda
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When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
— Swami Vivekananda
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Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still more…
— Charles Babbage
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We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society. The purpose is physical control of the mind. Everyone who deviates from the…
— Jose Manuel Rodriguez Delgado
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Capitalism was the only system in history where wealth was not acquired by looting, but by production, not by force, but by trade, the only…
— Ayn Rand
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A work of art is a work of order, and if the artist is to put the stamp of his own mind on his work,…
— Henry Peach Robinson
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Of course a poem is a two-way street. No poem is any good if it doesn't suggest to the reader things from his own mind…
— James Laughlin
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Man cannot be enlightened through any organization, creed, dogma, priest or ritual, nor through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. He has to find it…
— Radhanath Swami
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Of the Divine character of the Bible, I think, no man who deals honestly with his own mind and heart can entertain a reasonable doubt,…
— Simon Greenleaf
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There came a time in every prolonged effort when he had a moment of near panic, or 'terror in a lonely place', the original semantic…
— Don DeLillo
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The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water, and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind.
— F. H. Bradley
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The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may…
— Ayn Rand
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A fashion plate, a rock star in his own mind, Megamind is more showman than deadly menace.
— Will Ferrell
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