Avarice Quote by Sam Savage

“Amongst the many trials to which the human mind is subjected, that of holding intercourse, real or imaginary, with the world of spirits: of…

— Joanna Baillie

“The steady and undissipated attention to one object is a sure mark of a superior genius; as hurry, bustle, and agitation are the never-failing…

— Earl Of Chesterfield

A physical shortcoming could produce a kind of mental excess. The process, it seemed, was reversible. Mental excess could produce, for its own purposes,…

— Aldous Huxley

Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.

— Ovid

“Many people go around bragging, feeling proud of destructive behaviour and holding onto it like a flower yet unknown to them, they have a…

— Audrey Kanyera

“Healthy introspection, without undermining oneself; it is a rare gift to venture into the unexplored depths of the self, without delusions or fictions, but…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Strength and weakness of mind are misnomers; they are really nothing but the good or bad health of our bodily organs.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

— Bruce Lee

“After a great many questions I eventually ascertained that he is suffering from some kind of disorder of the mind. Is there anything more…

— Diane Setterfield

“Many so-called disorders of the mind are simply disorders of thought.”

— Vironika Tugaleva

“Too much possibility is the attempt by the person to overvalue the powers of the symbolic self. It reflects the attempt to exaggerate one…

— Ernest Becker

“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they…

— Proust Marcel