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Mind Quotes by Mortimer Adler
- You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let…
- The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
- Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind except…
- The best protection against propaganda of any sort is the recognition of it for what it is. Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious.…
- The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind.
- All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in…
- A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through the…
- True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline.
- Television, radio, and all the sources of amusement and information that surround us in our daily lives are also artificial props. They can give us…
- ... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He should be as…
- If you are reading in order to become a better reader, you cannot read just any book or article. You will not improve as a…
- ... always keep in mind that an article of faith is not something that the faithful assume. Faith, for those who have it, is the…
More Mind Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- I've known you long enough to know you try not to let your feelings show. Lately when I hold you near, I… — Superman
- Why can't I just tell you how I feel? That you're constantly on my mind...that I'm crazy about you. Maybe it's because… — Superman
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello