Our Minds Quotes

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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
Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their… — Gene Wolfe
We are at our human finest, dancing with our minds, when there are more choices than two. Sometimes there are ten, even twenty different ways… — Lewis Thomas
We are ... led to a somewhat vague distinction between what we may call "hard" data and "soft" data. This distinction is a matter of… — Bertrand Russell
We need to repent of the haughty way in which we sometimes stand in judgment upon Scripture and must learn to sit humbly under its… — John Stott
When you meditate you have to try to quiet and calm the mind. There should be no thought within the mind. Right now you feel… — Sri Chinmoy
To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the world. When we… — Nhat Hanh
You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting. — Agnes Martin
I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the… — Agnes Martin
When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the… — Agnes Martin
I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is… — Charles Darwin

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