Quotes about Mind
Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.
— Oscar Wilde
Silently we went round and round, And through each hollow mind The memory of dreadful things Rushed like a dreadful wind, And horror stalked before each man, And terror crept behind.
— Oscar Wilde
We all take such pains to over-educate ourselves. In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place. The thoroughly well-informed man - that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.
— Oscar Wilde
You have a dreamer's look; you must not dream. It is only sick people who dream.
— Oscar Wilde
But, to the philosopher, my dear Gerald, women represent the triumph of matter over mind - just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals.
— Oscar Wilde
The great events of the world take place in the Brain. It is in the Brain, and the brain only, that the great sins of the world take place also.
— Oscar Wilde
Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices." "The
— Oscar Wilde
And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.
— Oscar Wilde
The thoroughly well-informed man--that is the modern ideal. And the mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-a-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.
— Oscar Wilde
Currently, our minds are devoted to things we do not want. Our positive intentions occupy but a tiny sliver of our minds. The rest is focused on the problems we hope the intentions will eliminate. The majority of our brainpower is devoted to the old beliefs of scarcity, problem relationships, and a God who shoots fire bolts from heaven.
— Pam Grout
You can't change your past, but you can change your mind about your past.
— Pamela Redmond Satran
if you are a chronic worrier, you may be stricken some day with one of the most excruciating pains ever endured by man: angina pectoris.
— Dale Carnegie