Our Minds Quotes

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Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a… — Fulton J. Sheen
Battles are fought in our minds every day. When we begin to feel the battle is just too difficult and want to give up, we… — Joyce Meyer
So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular… — Lord Chesterfield
The unwearable of high heels is self-evidently all around us, coming to a head at the average wedding reception, a uniformly high-heeled occasion. In our… — Caitlin Moran
... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This… — Maria Montessori
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye. — Horace
How many of us persist in a precipitate course which, but for a moment of heedlessness we might never have entered upon, simply because we… — William James
We cannot choose how many years we will live, but we can choose how much life those years will have. We cannot control the beauty… — John C. Maxwell
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable. — Matthieu Ricard
Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there's a fundamental groundlessness.… — Pema Chodron
By breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our minds. What we gain in return is… — Matthieu Ricard
Look, I get it. Whether it's school, work, family, we've all got a lot on our minds. People say to me, "I'm just too busy… — Kerry Washington
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns. — Orison Swett Marden
In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by the… — Matthew Henry
Gradually, at various points in our childhoods, we discover different forms of conviction. There's the rock-hard certainty of personal experience ("I put my finger in… — Philip Pullman
If we consider what science already has enabled men to know-the immensity of space, the fantastic philosophy of the stars, the infinite smallness of the… — Guglielmo Marconi
Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Ideas often flash across our minds more complete than we could make them after much labor. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. — Seneca the Elder
Sadness, seriousness are parts of a psychologically sick man - they need causes. So when you are feeling happy, don't start asking, "Why am I… — Rajneesh
When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run… — Jonathan Swift
Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play. — Moliere
Our confused wish finds expression in the confused question as to the nature of force and electricity. But the answer which we want is not… — Heinrich Hertz
We are apt to think we know what time is because we can measure it, but no sooner do we reflect upon it than that… — Robert Morrison MacIver
A central lesson of science is that to understand complex issues (or even simple ones), we must try to free our minds of dogma and… — Carl Sagan

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