Mind Quotes

Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

~ Malcolm Forbes

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

~ Alexander Pope

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

~ John F. Kennedy

It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.

~ Agnes Repplier

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.

~ Aleister Crowley

It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.

~ Frederick William Faber

The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.

~ Sydney J. Harris

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

~ Oswald Chambers

All claims of education notwithstanding, the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.

~ Emma Goldman

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

~ Michel De Montaigne

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

~ Charlotte Brontë

Teach your children poetry; it opens the mind, lends grace to wisdom and makes the heroic virtues hereditary.

~ Walter Scott

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

~ Akhenaton

Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.

~ Joan Rivers

Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.

~ Jonathan Sacks

In August of 2002, I survived a car accident. Although I can still see the van speeding toward us, I cannot bring to mind the crash itself - only its aftermath.

~ Siri Hustvedt

My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then wound up throwing $10,000 into the stereo system and put TVs in the foot rests. It was the most ridiculous Volvo you'd ever seen, but I had never had money before and I was out of my mind.

~ Shia Labeouf

I've always had an inquisitive mind about everything from flowers to television sets to motor cars. Always pulled them apart - couldn't put 'em back, but always extremely interested in how things work.

~ Craig Johnston

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit.

~ Christopher Mccandless

You'll never find peace of mind until you listen to your heart.

~ George Michael

When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

~ George Harrison

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

~ Buddha

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

~ Alanis Morissette

There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.

~ Jenny Nimmo

Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.

~ Dalai Lama

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.

~ Maya Angelou

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know that it was a one hundred percent effort that you gave - win or lose.

~ Gordie Howe

Negative emotions like hatred destroy our peace of mind.

~ Matthieu Ricard

Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.

~ Yves Behar

To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

~ George Ade

You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit.

~ Stacy London

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.

~ Wayne Dyer

A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.

~ Swami Sivananda

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

~ Sydney Madwed

Enigma is really an investment in peace of mind. I keep a lot of confidential information on my laptop. I'm usually very careful about keeping my laptop under close physical control but had an unfortunate lapse and left it on a plane. That could have cost me dearly if not for the Enigma.

~ Jim Cantrell

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

~ Georg C. Lichtenberg

All of us deserve a greater peace of mind, knowing that our children are better protected wherever they are.

~ Bob Ney

When I go home and get off tour, I'd like to have a peace of mind. I like to chill. I don't like everything to be all chaotic like how it is when I step outside, you know?

~ Tyga

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He's doing.

~ Joyce Meyer