Quotes about Mind
I have never been separate from God, nor can I be, except in my mind.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
History is still waiting for the Christian mind to "shift" back to what has always been true since the initial creation, which is the only thing that will ever make it a universal (or truly catholic) religion. The Universal Christ was just too big an idea, too monumental a shift for most of the first two thousand years.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
Presence is experienced in a participative way, outside the mind.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
He did not come to change God's mind about us. It did not need changing. Jesus came to change our minds about God—and about ourselves—and about where goodness and evil really lie.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
the state of mind of the "shipwrecked"3 is perhaps a necessary beginning point for any salvation from such drowning.
- Fr. Richard Rohr
When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate!
- Rick Warren
Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.
- Rick Warren
When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that's called worry. When you think about God's Word over and over in your mind, that's meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! You just need to switch your attention from your problems to Bible verses. The more you meditate on God's Word, the less you will have to worry about.
- Rick Warren
Lasting change requires new ways of thinking. The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act. If you want to change how you act, you must begin by changing the way you think. Your thoughts are the autopilot of your life.
- Rick Warren
Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.
- Norman Vincent Peale
I say 'Out' to every negative thought that comes to my mind. No person, place, or thing has any power over me, for I am the only thinker in my mind. I create my own reality and everyone in it.
- Louise Hay
Men have the power of thinking that they may avoid sin.
- St. John Chrysostom