Benefits Quote by John Frederick Boyes

“For the mind depends so much on the temperament and disposition of the bodily organs that, if it is possible to find a means…

— René Descartes

“The brain is a pleasure seeking machine. Once you teach it, through meditation, that abiding calmly in the present moment feels better than our…

— Dan Harris

Very often pessimistic people speak against their own desire. They want to undertake some work, and they say, 'I will do this, but I…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“according to some medical psychologists, it’s physiologically impossible for your mind to stay locked in a war of control when you’re engaging its ability…

— Martha N. Beck

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. A favorite of Thomas Alva Edison

— Joshua Reynolds

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They…

— Emile Durkheim

Where a man has a passion for meditating without the capacity of thinking, a particular idea fixes itself fast, and soon creates a mental…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

— Mencius

Beneficence is a duty; and he who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized comes, at length, really to love him to…

— Immanuel Kant

There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.

— Anonymous

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

— George Mason

It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.

— Maria Montessori