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"We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are but critics, or but half create."
"And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed."
"In nature there's no blemish but the mind. None can be called deformed but the unkind."
"Where the statue stood Of Newton, with his prism and silent face, The marble index of a mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone."
"As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat."
"The need for a rational consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds."
"Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over."
"When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved."
"The fungi became, or is for some mysterious reason still to be discovered, a pipeline into a mind, an entelechy, which we can only image as feminine and can only associate somehow to the environment, to the ecosystem. This is the Gaian mind. This is what the goddess really is. The goddess is a network of connective intelligence that is operating on this planet."
"No sooner have you feasted on beauty with your eyes than your mind tells you that beauty is vain and beauty passes"
"The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire."
"Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'"
"Baseball is a dull game only for those with dull minds."
"A mind always employed is always happy."
"Before I write I let my mind go blind and let the lord do his thing."
"A good mind possesses a kingdom."
"The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius."
"Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands."
"Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it."
"Celebration happens when the mind unites with the spirit."
