"As the mind shrinks at the will of the initiate, thought flows in to fill the spaces so created."
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"The mind is acquired "human nature". The conscience is inherent "spiritual nature"."
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"Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being"
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"IBM is helping to greatly advance and expedite quality sampling while providing our project investigators peace of mind that the information they are gathering is securely stored and protected."
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"When the mind grapples with a great and intricate problem, it makes its advances step by step, with but little realization of the gains it has made, until suddenly, with an effect of abrupt illumination, it realizes its victory."
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"The only thing he could do to stay alive was not to allow himself the anguish of that memory. He erased it from his mind, although from time to time in the years that were left to him he would feel it revive, with no warning and for no reason, like the sudden pang of an old scar."
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"he wanted people to like his mind again-after awhile it might be such a nice place in which to live."
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"The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me.""
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"Independence is a state of mind. Independence is spirit without category."
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"The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal."
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"Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body."
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"The world is not so kind, people trap your mind."
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"Today I decided to sing in my underwear! No one seemed to mind! #loveyoufromtheinsideout. #artforfreedom"
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"Whatever can be useful to those starving millions is beautiful to my mind."
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"The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God."
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"Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger."
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"The real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind"
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"To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions."
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"India is one vast prison with high walls of suppression clothing her mind and her body."
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"Man can only conceive God within the limitation of his own mind."
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