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"Mind is the creator of everything. You should therefore guide it to create only good. If you cling to a certain thought with dynamic will power, it finally assumes a tangible outward form. When you are able to employ your will always for constructive purposes, you become the controller of your destiny."
"When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence."
"The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible."
"Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds."
"Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb."
"When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself."
"I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person."
"A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away"
"Truth between candid minds can never do harm."
"Be an individual, work hard, study, get your mind straight, and trust nobody."
"If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful."
"Quiet people have the loudest minds."
"Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage - courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow. You have to have moral courage to stick up to that - no matter what comes in your way, no matter what the obstacle and the opposition is."
"Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world."
"Seem like codeine is the one thing that help take my mind from the lies"
"There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire."
"The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind."
"When the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow."
"I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation."
"Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead."
