"Great genius you already have. The super conscious mind is invariably triggered by definition, and by decisiveness."
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"How much unbelief exists in the minds of the Latter-day Saints in regard to one particular doctrine which I revealed to them, and which God revealed to me - namely that Adam is our Father and God-."
"One of the advantages of series TV is that you can change your mind and plan things as you go."
"I see the goodness and beauty in everyone, and everything is a gift given for me and for all of us. If you don't love it, question your mind until you do."
"Actually, I can't take credit for any of my decisions. I noticed one day that all my decisions were making themselves, and always at the right time. I haven't had to make one decision since then. They are always made for me, and they come from the wisdom that is in us all. I trust that wisdom completely. That trust itself was a decision made for me as inquiry cleared my mind. No decision, no fear."
"Fear is blind. There are some options in it, but they're very limited as compared to the options available to the fearless mind."
"The world is perfect. As you question your mind, this becomes more and more obvious."
"I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later."
"If you want to clean up the environment, start with your mind. It starts there!"
"An unquestioned mind is the world of suffering."
"I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched."
"The 'renewed' mind is the canvas on which the Spirit of God can paint."
"My dad was an engineer, and he became the CEO of Chevron. His was an engineer's mind-set: Everything's kind of a problem how do you approach the problem?"
"...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels more surely where the shoe pinches...Physical conceptions are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world."
"Considered logically this concept is not identical with the totality of sense impressions referred to; but it is an arbitrary creation of the human (or animal) mind."
"There is no scientific antidote, only education. You've got to change the way people think. I am not interested in disarmament talks between nations . . . What I want to do is to disarm the mind. After that, everything else will automatically follow. The ultimate weapon for such mental disarmament is international education."
"Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders."
"Teaching is the last refuge of feeble minds with a classical education."
"I'm about what goes through people's minds. The stuff that people don't want to admit or face up to. The shows are about what's buried in people's psyches."
"An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in or out of it."