"I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind."
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"Where music thundered let the mind be still, Where the will triumphed let there be no will, What light revealed, now let the dark fulfill."
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"One must learn an inner solitude, where or with whomsoever he may be. He must learn to penetrate things and find God there, to get a strong impression of God firmly fixed on his mind."
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"There is the work of great men and there is the work of little men. Therefore it is said, 'Some labor with their minds and some labor with their strength. Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.'1 Those who are governed by others support them; those who govern them are supported by them. This is a universal principle."
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"All permanent decisions are made in a temporary state of mind."
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"Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget."
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"'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures."
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"The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves."
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"A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through the mind of either."
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"Little minds find satisfaction for their feelings, good or bad, in little things."
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"That’s the secret of artistic unity. Anybody can achieve it, if he or she will make something with only one person in mind."
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"I am as successful as I make up my mind to be"
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"Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own."
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"I don't know just what, but there will have to be some drastic changes made besides cutting down on boating to get my mind more on painting."
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"Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind."
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"For whereas the mind works in possibilities, the intuitions work in actualities, and what you intuitively desire, that is possible to you. Whereas what you mentally or "consciously" desire is nine times out of ten impossible; hitch your wagon to a star, or you will just stay where you are."
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"When you're afraid keep your mind on what you have to do. And if you have been thoroughly prepared you will not be afraid."
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"Happiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events."
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"If you are mindful of death, it will not come as a surprise-you will not be anxious. You will feel that death is merely like changing clothes. Consequently, at that point you will be able to maintain your calmness of mind."
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"The training of the mind is an art. If this can be considered art, one's life is art."
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