"A CAUSE is an object precedent and contiguous to another, and so united with it that the idea of the one determines the mind to form the idea of the other, and the impression of the one to form a more lively idea of the other."
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"Civilization no longer needs to open up wilderness; it needs wilderness to help open up the still largely unexplored human mind."
"Although we think that we think, most of the time we are being thought by the collective mind, the hypnosis of conditioning."
"Your entire universe is in your mind and nowhere else. To expand the universe, expand your mind."
"Bring into your mind anyone against whom you have a grievance and let it go. Send that person your forgiveness."
"Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected."
"We have to learn to go beyond both a positive mind and a negative mind to become a silent, nonjudgmental, non-analytical, non-interpretiv e mind. In other words, the silent witness. In the process of silent witnessing, we experience inner silence. In the purity of silence, we feel connected to our source and to everything else."
"The body and mind are one. When the intimate relationship between mind and body is disrupted, aging and entropy accelerate. Restoring mind/body integration brings about renewal. Through conscious breathing and movement techniques, you can renew the body/mind and reverse the aging process."
"The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality."
"The accumulation of toxins in the body/mind system accelerates aging."
"One of the keys to harnessing this potentially unlimited power of the mind is to expand your level of self-awareness."
"An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties."
"I don't mind being it [age 60], I just don't like saying it."
"There's nothing pretty about ice. Ice grows nothing. But we've got this in our minds that we've got to make everything cold."
"I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good."
"There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind."
"I be yellin out money over everything, money on my mind then she wanna ask when it got so empty. Tell her I apologize, happened over time. They say they miss the old Drake, girl don't tempt me"
"Reviews condition people. At the end of the day, a lot of human minds are malleable. They can be easily shaped with strong words."
"The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness."
"Mind my own business."