It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is or is not believed by a majority of the people.
If you would be well with a great mind leave him with a favorable impression of you; if with a little mind leave him with a favorable opinion of himself.
Do it no matter what. If you believe in it it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it then thats their problem. But if you do have a passion an honest passion just do it….
While an open mind is priceless it is priceless only when its owner has the courage to make a final decision which closes the mind for action after the process of viewing all sides of the question has been completed. Failure to make a decision after due consideration of all the facts will quickly brand a man as unfit for a position of responsibility. Not all of your decisions will be correct. None of us is perfect. But if you get into the habit of making decisions experience will develop your judgment to a point where more and more of your decisions will be right. After all it is better to be right 51% of the time and get something done than it is to get nothing done because you fear to reach a decision.
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer the ones that you ?come to terms with? only to discover that they are still there.
All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world have not any subsistence without a mind.
REFLECTION n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
The Centipede was happy quite Until the Toad in fun Said ?Pray which leg goes after which?? And worked her mind to such a pitch She lay distracted in the ditch Considering how to run.
Well allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine equipped to work efficiently if narrowly and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric odd gems worthless but fascinating curiosities tinsel quaint bits of carving and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.
My mind to me a kingdom is Such present joys therein I find That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind. Though much I want which most would have Yet still my mind for bids to crave.
The inlet of a mans mind is what he learns; the outlet is what he accomplishes. If his mind is not fed by a continued supply of new ideas which he puts to work with purpose and if there is no outlet in action his mind becomes stagnant. Such a mind is a danger to the individual who owns it and is useless to the community.
Ones mind has a way of making itself up in the background and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.
Such as are your habitual thoughts such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.
Nothing is more unpleasant that a virtuous person with a mean mind.
The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the mind.
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is or is not believed by a majority of the people.
Each mans mind is the man himself!
If you would be well with a great mind leave him with a favorable impression of you; if with a little mind leave him with a favorable opinion of himself.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.
What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.
The mind cannot long act the role of the heart.
People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Frame thy mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand arms and lengthens life.
One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven?t and don?t.
It is the mind that maketh good or ill That maketh wretch or happy rich or poor.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one
I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.
Distinction is the consequence never the object of a great mind.
Do it no matter what. If you believe in it it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it then thats their problem. But if you do have a passion an honest passion just do it….
While an open mind is priceless it is priceless only when its owner has the courage to make a final decision which closes the mind for action after the process of viewing all sides of the question has been completed. Failure to make a decision after due consideration of all the facts will quickly brand a man as unfit for a position of responsibility. Not all of your decisions will be correct. None of us is perfect. But if you get into the habit of making decisions experience will develop your judgment to a point where more and more of your decisions will be right. After all it is better to be right 51% of the time and get something done than it is to get nothing done because you fear to reach a decision.
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Seek ye first the good things of the mind and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object and pursue it for life.
Strength is a matter of the made-up mind.
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer the ones that you ?come to terms with? only to discover that they are still there.
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.
All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world have not any subsistence without a mind.
REFLECTION n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
The march of the human mind is slow.
In order to learn one must change ones mind.
The object of opening the mind as of opening the mouth is to shut it again on something solid.
The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
The Centipede was happy quite Until the Toad in fun Said ?Pray which leg goes after which?? And worked her mind to such a pitch She lay distracted in the ditch Considering how to run.
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
It is not the place nor the condition but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.’08-02-2010
Well allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine equipped to work efficiently if narrowly and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric odd gems worthless but fascinating curiosities tinsel quaint bits of carving and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.
My mind to me a kingdom is Such present joys therein I find That it excels all other bliss That earth affords or grows by kind. Though much I want which most would have Yet still my mind for bids to crave.
A closed mind is a dying mind.
Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.
The human mind has first to construct forms independently before we can find them in things.
The mind does not create what it perceives any more than the eye creates the rose.
The voice of the intellect is a soft one but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.
Faced with the choice between changing ones mind and proving there is no need to do so almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind.
Im going to speak my mind because I have nothing to loose.
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down and requires to be constantly wound up.
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.
The inlet of a mans mind is what he learns; the outlet is what he accomplishes. If his mind is not fed by a continued supply of new ideas which he puts to work with purpose and if there is no outlet in action his mind becomes stagnant. Such a mind is a danger to the individual who owns it and is useless to the community.