"Melancholy Is not, as you conceive, indisposition Of body, but the mind's disease."
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"Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice."
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"It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection."
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"Being myself animated by feelings of affection toward my fellowmen, I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it offers of enterprise, ingenuity, impudence, and resource in certain individuals, it proves to my mind the wide prevalence of that form of mental degradation which is called gullibility."
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"Fire is a good companion for the mind."
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"Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind."
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"Money is never more important than your body and mind, but you must work and support yourself. Never depend on others for your livelihood."
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"Could one imagine a stone's having consciousness? And if anyone can do so-why should that not merely prove that such image-mongery is of no interest to us?"
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"Fear, hatred, and suspicion narrow your mind - compassion opens it."
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"Scientists may study mainly matter but they cannot ignore the human mind, or consciousness: spiritual practitioners may be engaging mainly in developing the mind but they cannot completely ignore their physical needs. It is for this reason that I have always stressed the importance of combining both mental and the material approach to achieving happiness for humankind."
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"Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind."
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"Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath."
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"As leaves move in the wind, your mind moves with your breath."
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"People say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. I am there; I can explain everything up to that point. Then I struggle to discover what comes after, so this steadiness is not an end, it is the beginning and the instrument."
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"In whatever you are doing, be one: body, soul, mind. Do it beautifully and with purity."
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"A stable mind is like the hub of a wheel. The world may spin around you, but the mind is steady."
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"The whole movement of happiness, unhappiness, happiness, unhappiness, could be called unhappiness. You're suffering because your state of mind is in flux, moving back and forth. The ego's happiness is really a form of suffering, because it cannot live without unhappiness."
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"I sometimes say animals are closer to God than humans. They are closer to the source. The humans are more lost in the mind forms. Being is more obscured to the human because of the overlay of ego and mental formation."
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"Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger"
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"Worry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry."
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