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Mind Quotes by Paul Valery
- The mind has transformed the world, and the world is repaying it with interest. It has led man where he had no idea how to…
- A limited vocabulary, but one with which you can make numerous combinations, is better than thirty thousand words that only hamper the action of the…
- History is the most dangerous product which the chemistry of the mind has concocted. Its properties are well known. It produces dreams and drunkenness. It…
- Every man expects some miracle — either from his mind or from his body or from someone else or from events.
- A really free mind is scarcely attached to its opinions. If the mind cannot help giving birth to ... emotions and affections which at first…
- It is a sign of the times, and not a very good sign, that these days it is necessary and not only necessary but urgent…
- The commerce of minds was necessarily the first commerce in the world, ... since before bartering things one must barter signs, and it is necessary…
- Freedom of mind and mind itself have been most fully developed in regions where trade developed at the same time. In all ages, without exception,…
- A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
- To enter into your own mind you need to be armed to the teeth.
- His heart is a desert island.... The whole scope, the whole energy of his mind surround and protect him; his depths isolate him and guard…
- Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.
More Mind Quotes
- 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