Mind Quotes

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

The resolved mind hath no cares.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.

When a benevolent mind contemplates the republic of Lycurgus, its admiration is mixed with a degree of horror.

The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.

I don't mind being black. I'm black out loud. It's more than the people that they are, it's the condition that they represent.

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites.

There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream.

I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me. For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind. I still hear them on the radio. I'm not ashamed of anything we did.

I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20's and 30's... I had other things on my mind... the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

Also, I am very religious. It gave me peace of mind all my career.

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.

I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything.

Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship.

I think we actually punish children out of their relationship with their bodies... we categorically separate mind and body and emotion and intellect.

One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.

I play piano and guitar and I do write my own stuff so to a certain extent I know what I want to do in regards to music. But I'm still finding out what kind of music is my favourite kind to listen to, never mind do myself so I've got a lot of time to find out myself and develop myself as an artist.

I think I was well brought up, for my father and mother were of one mind regarding the care of the family.

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.

I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.

The only recreation there allowed, however, is that of the mind, and of this there is but little.

I make records with an open mind, I always have.

So in my mind I own a lot of house records still.

I don't have any particular goals in making a recording. In a way the recording is itself the goal. The music comes into my mind, and from there the main job is to give form to it.

I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind.