mind Quotes

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist.

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find.

There's no way to remove the observer - us - from our perceptions of the world.

In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.

All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.