Encounters Quote by Donna Tartt

“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless.”

— Donna Tartt

The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression…

— Edward Sapir

An original mind is rarely understood, until it has been reflected from some half-dozen congenial with it, so averse are men to admitting the…

— Washington Allston

Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the nature of mind. It…

— Sogyal Rinpoche

The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.

— Mignon McLaughlin

The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious.

— Gregory Maguire

The nature of the mind is completely incredible.

— Tenzin Palmo

the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.

— Fanny Burney

What you call types of mind are only mental ages.

— Francoise Sagan

The mind is pure and luminous by nature. It is defiled only by adventitious thoughts and emotions

— Gautama Buddha

“The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls,…

— J.K. Rowling

...there is an intense delight in abandoning faulty states of mind and in cultivating helpful ones in meditation.

— Dalai Lama