"It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put."
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"I am not going to show you my art. I am going to share it with you. If I show it to you it becomes an exhibition, and in time it will be pushed so far into the back of your mind that it will be lost. But by sharing it with you, you will not only retain it forever, but I too will improve."
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible."
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"What is required is faith. Man has body, life and mind but that is not all that constitutes man. He has risen to the mind as a result of evolution. Now a higher consciousness will be evolved - this I call Supermind. It is the instrument of the Divine Consciousness, the Truth-Consciousness."
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"Prepare your mind and heart before you prepare your speech . What we say may be less important than how we say it."
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"The pen is the tongue of the mind."
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"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."
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"A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound."
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"Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit."
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"To train the mind to move with the maximum speed and energy, with the utmost possible accuracy in the chosen direction, and with the minimum of disturbance or friction. That is Magick. To stop the mind altogether. That is Yoga."
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"Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions."
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"Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness."
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"The one eternal religion is applied to the opinions of various minds and various races. There never was my religion or yours, my national religion or your national religion; there never existed many religions, there is only the one. One infinite religion existed all through eternity and will ever exist, and this religion is expressing itself in various countries in various ways."
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"Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind [is the ideal of education]."
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"The soul has been given its own ears to hear things mind does not understand."
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"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
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"We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings."
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"Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow."
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"People have the strength to overcome their bodies. Their beauty is in their minds."
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"The interesting question is, how do you put yourself in a position so that you can allow ‘what is’ to be. The enemy turns out to be the creation of mind. Because when you are just in the moment, doing what you are doing, there is no fear. The fear is when you stand back to think about it. The fear is not in the actions. The fear is in the thought about the actions."
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