Mental Quotes

2442 Mental quotes by 1534 unique authors

If creative work protects a man against mental illness, it is small wonder that he pursues it with avidity; and even if the state of… — Anthony Storr
As cows need milking and sweet peas need picking, so writers must continually exercise their mental muscles by a daily stint. — Joan Aiken
One of the most serious human defects in all ages is procrastination, an unwillingness to accept personal responsibilities now. Men came to earth consciously to… — Spencer W. Kimball
The tantalizing and compelling pursuit of mathematical problems offers mental absorption, peace of mind amid endless challenges, repose in activity, battle without conflict, refuge from… — Morris Kline
As one reads mathematics, one needs to have an active mind, asking questions, forming mental connections between the current topic and other ideas from other… — William Thurston
I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop. — Jack Youngblood
Chess is mental torture. — Garry Kasparov
Above all, it's hard learning to live with vivid mental images of scenes I cared for and failed to photograph. It is the edgy existence… — Sam Abell
The purpose of photography is the transmission of a visualized sector of life through the medium of the camera into a mental process that starts… — Roman Vishniac
As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the imagination may be… — Edward Weston
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

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