Quotes on Mind

The idea that memory is linear is nonsense. What we have in our heads is a collection of frames. As to time itself-can it be linear when all these snatches of other presents exist at once in your mind? A very elusive and tricky concept, time.

Every phenomenon, however trifling it be, has a cause, and a mind infinitely powerful, and infinitely well-informed concerning the laws of nature could have foreseen it from the beginning of the ages. If a being with such a mind existed, we could play no game of chance with him; we should always lose.

I think that consciousness has always been the most important topic in the philosophy of mind, and one of the most important topics in cognitive science as a whole, but it had been surprisingly neglected in recent years.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

Calmness is the criterion of spiritual progress. Plunge the purified mind into the Heart. Then the work is over.

Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless.

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

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.

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind itself is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

The man who knows when not to act is wise. To my mind bravery if forethought.

The subliminal mind receives and remembers all those touches that delight the soul. Our soul takes joy in this right touching by the Essence of all experience.

The soul creates, the mind reacts. The soul understands what the mind cannot conceive.

Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

None of the films I've done was designed for a mass audience, except for 'Indiana Jones.' Nobody in their right mind thought 'American Graffiti' or 'Star Wars' would work.

About four days a week, I do pretty good at having a morning prayer time. But even at that, it's a rambling sort of thing. What I have learned to do better is to try to keep my mind turned toward God and ear inclined toward God throughout the day, and I think I'm doing better at that ,but I've got a long way to go.

We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.

Forget about your life situation and pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind-stuff. Your life is real." "Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?,' a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?'