Quotes about Mind
No man can avail himself of the forces of his creative imagination, while dissipating them.
— Napoleon Hill
One definition of man is an intelligence served by organs.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.
— Washington Irving
The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.
— Earl Nightingale
A man with so large a brain must have something in it.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
Thought is a man in his wholeness, wholly attending.
— DH Lawrence
I wasn't too good at playing games, but I did love reading very much and would have spent my life at it. I had human angels, fortunately for me, to guide me in the choice of the books which, while being entertaining, nourished both my heart and my mind.
— St. Therese of Lisieux
And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.
— Thomas a Kempis
Bear patiently your exile and the dryness of your mind. The time will come when I will make you forget these painful moments and you will enjoy inward quietness. I will open the Bible for you and you will be thrilled by your new understanding of my truth.
— Thomas a Kempis
It is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity than from love. Such become discontented and dejected on the slightest pretext; they will never gain peace of mind unless they subject themselves wholeheartedly for the love of God.
— Thomas a Kempis
Not every affection which seems good is to be immediately followed. Neither is every opposite affection to be immediately avoided. Sometimes it is expedient to use restraint even in good desires and wishes, lest through importunity you fall into distraction of mind, lest through want of discipline you become a stumbling block to others.
— Thomas a Kempis
For first cometh to the mind the simple suggestion, then the strong imagination, afterwards pleasure, evil affection, assent. And so little by little the enemy entereth in altogether, because he was not resisted at the beginning. And the longer a man delayeth his resistance, the weaker he groweth, and the stronger groweth the enemy against him.
— Thomas a Kempis