Curse Quote by Marcus Aurelius

The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. The mind is fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is…

— Ramana Maharshi

Be brief, that the mind may catch thy precepts, and the more easily retain them.

— Horace

Thou canst not force my soul to wish thee ill, That is the only evil that can kill.

— Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

— A.J. Cronin

“We are punished for our refusals. Every impulse that we strive to strangle broods in the mind and poisons us. The body sins once,…

— Oscar Wilde

Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list:…

— George Herbert

Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for…

— William Penn

Both the mind and the conscience can become so defiled that they cease making distinctions between what is pure and what is impure.

— John Macarthur

Go in thy native innocence, rely On what thou hast of virtue, summon all, For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine.

— Robert Browning

But all the great staining temptations, to selfishness, ambition, and other strong sins that violently affront the soul, appear first in the region of…

— Amy Carmichael

Only a development of thought achieved through the self-education of the whole man can prevent any body of thought whatsoever from becoming a poison;…

— Karl Jaspers

Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their minds;…

— Thomas Jefferson