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"We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce a new order of things in any state. For the innovator has for enemies all those who derived advantages from the old order of things, whilst those who expect to be benefited by the new institutions will be but lukewarm defenders."
"In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible."
"Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind."
"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."
"The only way to isolate specific back muscles - whether it is upper. or lower back - or make any progress is through the power of the mind-muscle connection."
"This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs."
"The sound body is the product of the sound mind."
"Solicitous care for living things affords satisfaction to one of the most lively instincts of the child's mind. Nothing is better calculated than this to awaken an attitude of foresight."
"If children are allowed free development and given occupation to correspond with their unfolding minds their natural goodness will shine forth."
"If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?"
"It is a mysterious thing, the loss of faith-as mysterious as faith itself. Like faith, it is ultimately not rooted in logic; it is a change in the climate of the mind."
"If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing-muscles of your mind, and then you'll be so weak you won't be able to believe the simplest true things."
"Being in the studio is okay but sitting in a room by yourself composing is a discipline that takes a certain type of mind set and Tommy has a great gift for that as did the previous guy."
"Only the free mind knows what Love is."
"Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision... But alas! when we have attained our object, when the distant 'there' becomes the present 'here,' all is changed; we are as poor and circumscribed as ever, and our souls still languish for unattainable happiness."
"Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture."
"Decide that you don’t mind being inconvenienced or interrupted, and God will use you to make a difference."
"Where the mind goes, the man follows."
"Ads are carefully designed by the Madison Avenue frog-men of-the-mind for semiconscious exposure."
"What does a man seek in this world? A position, or a throne? Man seeks peace of mind and the fear of Almighty God. As long as one knows that there is ajudgement day, he tries to keep his conscience clear and do what he can."
