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"Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth--penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told."
"The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires."
"Noblest minds are easiest bent."
"Women and men are constructed differently, cosmically differently, never mind the physiognomy, but the cosmic memory we carry within us. The purposes we serve, the things that drive us, the things that are important to us are basically different."
"A free mind is one which is untroubled and unfettered by anything, which has not bound its best part to any particular manner of being or worship and which does not seek its own interest in anything but is always immersed in God's most precious will. . . . There is no work which men and women can perform, however small, which does not draw from this its power and strength."
"The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind."
"He was blessed with an unconventional mind, which overcame his conventional middle-class upbringing."
"I will no longer allow anyone to manipulate my mind and control my life in the name of love."
"What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life."
"Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still."
"Pay attention to that which sees the mind."
"To look into some aspects of the future, we do not need projections by supercomputers. Much of the next millennium can be seen in how we care for our children today. Tomorrow's world may be influenced by science and technology, but more than anything, it is already taking shape in the bodies and minds of our children."
"What an antithetical mind! - tenderness, roughness - delicacy, coarseness - sentiment, sensuality - soaring and groveling, dirt and deity - all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!"
"The keenest pangs the wretched find Are rapture to the dreary void, The leafless desert of the mind, The waste of feelings unemployed."
"You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind."
"Most of our problems are related to the mind, so we have to work to reduce our destructive emotions."
"Mental happiness is more important than physical comfort. Physical comfort comes from the material. But material facilities cannot provide you with peace of mind."
"Buddhism does not accept a theory of God, or a creator. According to Buddhism, one's own actions are the creator, ultimately. Some people say that, from a certain angle, Buddhism is not a religion but rather a science of mind."
"The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world."