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"The worst of it is that I am perpetually being punished for nothing; this governor loves to punish, and he punishes by taking my books away from me. It's perfectly awful to let the mind grind itself away between the upper and nether millstones of regret and remorse without respite; with books my life would be livable -- any life."
"It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes."
"All things can corrupt perverse minds."
"Small minds are captivated by trifles."
"The mind ill at ease, the body suffers also."
"The sick mind can not bear anything harsh. [Lat., Mensque pati durum sustinet aegra nihil.]"
"The mind grows sicker than the body in contemplation of it's suffering."
"It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul."
"Sleep, nature's rest, divine tranquility, That brings peace to the mind."
"For in this strange anatomy we wear, the head has greater powers than the hand; the spirit, heart, and mind are over all."
"The mind is sicker than the sick body; in contemplation of its sufferings it becomes hopeless. [Lat., Corpore sed mens est aegro magis aegra; malique In circumspectu stat sine fine sui.]"
"The poet's labors are a work of joy, and require peace of mind."
"O ye gods! what thick encircling darkness blinds the minds of men!"
"The love of fame puts spurs to the mind"
"My wife is - in the strictest sense - my sole companion, and I need no other. There is no vacancy in my mind any more than in my heart."
"To be left alone in the wide world with scarcely a friend,--this makes the sadness which, striking its pang into the minds of the young and the affectionate, teaches them too soon to watch and interpret the spirit-signs of their own hearts."
"Perhaps the most significant event in the evolution of the liberated mind arrives with the realization that most people, even in their deepest convictions, are blind to most truths."
"I can't even count how many times I did interviews with people and they asked me if I had a boyfriend. Keep in mind that I was, I guess, mild to moderately famous from ages 6 to 13. Of course I didn't have a boyfriend then. I didn't even have a camp boyfriend then."
"You can focus your mind. You can respect your body. All of that is important."
"I don't mind walking. I always feel so sorry for women who don't like to walk; they miss so much--so many rare little glimpses of life; and we women learn so little of life on the whole."
