Alan Watts Quotes, Water Quotes, Mind Quotes

Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

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A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

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What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.

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If the mind be fixed on the acquirement of any object, that object will be attained.

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The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions.

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A quiet mind does not mean that there will be no thoughts or mental movements at all, but that these will be on the surface, and you will feel your true being within, separate from them, observing but not carried away

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It is the state of mind of the person wielding the instrument that determines to what end it will be put.

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I'm happier. I guess I made up my mind to be that way.

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NOT to my contemporaries, not to my compatriots but to mankind I commit my now completed work in the confidence that it will not be without value for them, even if this should be late recognised, as is commonly the lot of what is good. For it cannot have been for the passing generation, engrossed with the delusion of the moment, that my mind, almost against my will, has uninterruptedly stuck to its work through the course of a long life. preface to the second edition of "the world as will and representation

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The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind.

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The tired parts of the mind can be rested and strengthened not merely by rest, but by using other parts.

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When our mind is calm, we’re better able to find peace of mind and live a joyful life.

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I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

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The gift of mental power comes from God, Divine Being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power. My Mother had taught me to seek all truth in the Bible.

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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind.

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Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Mind Quotes , Firsts Quotes

I could give 48 penalties in every match if I wanted to. It is a question of sometimes choosing what is - in your own mind - of material importance and what isn't, what might be a crucial potential penalty and what might not be.

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