mind Quotes

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.

Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.