"The mind is the eyesight of the soul."
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"Only the mind that has emptied itself of the known is creative. That is creation. What it creates has nothing to do with it. Freedom from the known is the state of a mind that is in creation."
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"How can you say you are peaceful if you are still identified with mind?"
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"Like anyone else, I too have the potential for violence; I too have anger in me. However, I try to recall that anger is a destructive emotion. I remind myself that scientists now say that anger is bad for our health; it eats into our immune system. So, anger destroys our peace of mind and our physical health. We shouldn’t welcome it or think of it as natural or as a friend."
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"Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses."
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"To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river."
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"For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth."
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"I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved."
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"A non-Muslim is a second-class citizen called a Kafir. You and I are Kafirs. Much of the Koran concerns itself with the Kafir - how to control us, to subjugate us and to kill us. “Islam has the mind of a psychopathic rapist and because its founder, the “prophet” Mohammed was in fact a psychopathic rapist himself."
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"Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones."
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"Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish."
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"Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness"
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"Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind."
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"Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them."
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"Make up your mind, Snail! You are half inside your house, And halfway out!"
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"You don't have to set aside a time for meditation. You can do it while you're driving your car,while you're at work, while you're playing music. Just be aware of yourself, of who you really are,and realize the rest is a projection of your mind."
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"to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God."
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"Material wealth does not equate to success. Equanimity and peace of mind does"
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"Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free."
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"Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation."
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