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Mind Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
- Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for…
- Theology is a science of mind applied to God.
- A love of flowers would beget early rising, industry, habits of close observation, and of reading. It would incline the mind to notice natural phenomena,…
- That state of mind in which a man is impressed with invisible things is faith.
- Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the…
- It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give his mind every…
- There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor,…
- God planted fear in the soul as truly as he planted hope and courage. It is a kind of bell or gong, which rings the…
- The first merit of pictures is the effect they produce on the mind; and the first step of a sensible man should be to receive…
- A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself
- Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
- A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its…
- To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while you are treading on costly carpets, and sitting upon luxurious…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle