"I join you therefore in branding as cowardly the idea that the human mind is incapable of further advances."
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"Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind."
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"What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their knowledge! What must be the wisdom of Him, from whom all things derive their wisdom!"
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"I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard."
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"Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old. Throughout this fresh, if common, pursuit of knowledge, one conviction crowned her efforts: ...she knew there was nothing to fear."
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"To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind."
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"It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth."
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"Speech is the mirror of the mind."
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"What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved"
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"The mind, unless it is pure and holy, cannot see God."
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"I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands."
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"The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest."
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"The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself."
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"Take a good look around and you'll find people trying to mess with your mind."
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"The female mind is capable of understanding analytic geometry... The difficulty may just be that we have never yet discovered a way to communicate with the female mind. If it is done in the right way, you may be able to get something out of it."
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"It is necessary for the very existence of science that minds exist which do not allow that nature must satisfy some preconceived conditions."
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"Talking can transform minds, which can transform behaviors, which can transform institutions."
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"Only the real, rare, true scientific minds can endure doubt, which is attached to all our knowledge."
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"Great minds think alike."
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"The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty."
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