Quotes about Mind

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.

There is only one power that determines the course of history, just as it determines the course of every individual life: the power of man's rational faculty—the power of ideas.

It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single glimpse of clean, hard, radiant competence. She had fits of tortured longing for a friend or enemy with a mind better than her own.

That which you call your soul or spirit is your consciousness, and that which you call 'free will' is your mind's freedom to think or not, the only will you have, your only freedom, the choice that controls all the choices you make and determines your life and your character.

Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.

If we find the answer to that (why the universe exists), it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason. For then we would know the mind of God.

Worry soils, even the purest mind.Envy poisons, even the purest heart.Greed sullies, even the purest soul.

The entire world above you, around you, beneath you, and beside you, is insignificant in comparison to the world within you.

You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.

Words let you know what is in someone's mind, deeds let you know what is in someone's heart, and character lets you know what is in someone's soul.