"I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff"
Read quote
3 likes
Mind quotes
Mind
16.4K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Mind
Browse quotes that often appear alongside mind — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Mind quotes (page 237 of 820)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead."
Read quote
3 likes
"This world, this universe which our senses feel, or our mind thinks, is but one atom, so to say, of the Infinite, projected on to the plane of consciousness; and within that narrow limit, defined by the network of consciousness, works our reason, and not beyond. Therefore, there must be some other instrument to take us beyond, and that instrument is called inspiration."
Read quote
3 likes
"The body is mortal and the mind is mortal; both, being compounds, must die."
Read quote
3 likes
"The body and mind are dependent."
Read quote
3 likes
"No two persons have the same mind or the same body."
Read quote
3 likes
"Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction."
Read quote
3 likes
"The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the make-up of the minds of every nation, not through writings, but through persons."
Read quote
3 likes
"We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet."
Read quote
3 likes
"Through faithful practice, layer after layer of the mind opens before us, and each reveals new facts to us."
Read quote
3 likes
"What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which of you can jump out of your own minds? Not one of you."
Read quote
3 likes
"The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets."
Read quote
3 likes
"Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the mind, to place it just where we want it, requires special training. It cannot be done in any other way. In the study of religion the control of the mind is absolutely necessary. We have to turn the mind back upon itself in this study."
Read quote
3 likes
"Internal and external nature, mind and matter, are in time and space, and are bound by the law of causation."
Read quote
3 likes
"Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose mind has been purified by selfless work."
Read quote
3 likes
"The body is the external coating and the mind is the internal coating of the Atman who is the real perceiver, the real enjoyer, the being in the body who is working the body by means of the internal organ or the mind."
Read quote
3 likes
"When I saw 'Hercules,' my mind just exploded because I was extremely thin; I was insecure. I literally ran out of the theatre and started lifting things, anything I could think of - milk crates. I'm still lifting things. It changed my life."
Read quote
3 likes
"I think everyone has questions in their mind. Did they do their very best?"
Read quote
3 likes
"Journalist: A person with nothing on his mind and the power to express it."
Read quote
3 likes
"The first thing I would say to young writers is, "Don't do it, unless you can't stand not to do it." And the second thing I would say is, "If you do do it, and get into it, the constant rule you should have in mind is to explore your material." It sounds simple, but it isn't, because people often want to get from A to B, and they don't stop to look at what is in the material."
Read quote
3 likes