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.Plutarch
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.Michel de Montaigne
It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.Michel de Montaigne
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.Arthur Schopenhauer
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.Arthur Schopenhauer
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.Arthur Schopenhauer
A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man's thoughts and aspirations.Arthur Schopenhauer
