Mental Quotes

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I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent — Bobby Fischer
The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind… — Albert Einstein
...chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans are thinking, self-aware beings, capable of planning ahead, who form lasting social bonds with others and have a rich social… — Peter Singer
I have come to realize that an early symptom of approaching mental illness is the belief that one's work is terribly important. If you consider… — Bertrand Russell
Woman in the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities. She has the right to participate in the minutest details in the activities of… — Mahatma Gandhi
I wake up: I am mental, I got to bed and I am mental, I am mental within my dreams, I am mental within my… — Joey Jordison
According to Montaigne, it was the oppressive notion that we had complete mental control over our bodies, and the horror of departing from this portrait… — Alain de Botton
As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation… — John Bates Clark
We must first note that economic factors are taken into account in a world in which ignorance, prejudice, and mental confusion, encouraged rather than dispelled… — Ronald Coase
The love of money as a possession-as distinguished from the love of money as a means to the enjoyments and realities of life-will be recognized… — John Maynard Keynes
If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
We are the product of our thinking, so it is important that we choose carefully where to focus our mental energy. — Charles Stanley
I detest 'love lyrics.' I think one of the causes of bad mental health in the United States is that people have been raised on… — Frank Zappa
Education makes a man a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not by teaching him how to make shoes; it does so… — John Stuart Mill
Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science which… — Mary Somerville
It is the eternal, inescapable law that growth comes only from work and preparation, whether the growth be material, mental, or spiritual. Work has no… — J. Reuben Clark
We cannot talk with [animals] as we can with human beings, yet we can communicate with them on mental and emotional levels. They should, however,… — Rebecca Hall
I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found,… — Alexander P. de Seversky
It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first. — Bruce Lee
Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Unknown Author
When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen-you will find… — Stephen Covey
Fulfilling the four needs [spiritual, mental, physical, social] in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of… — Stephen Covey
Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock… — Russell Baker
Living capital, which has the special capacity to continuously regenerate itself, is ultimately the source of all real wealth. To destroy it for money, a… — David Korten

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