The moon is one, but on agitated water it produces many reflections. Similarly ultimate reality is one, yet it appears to be many in a mind agitated by thoughts. – Maharamayana
Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. – Latin Proverb
Creative minds are rarely tidy. – John William Gardner, “Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society,”
When I feel well and in a good humor, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal, or in the night when I cannot sleep, thoughts crowd into my mind as easily as you could wish. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else… – J.K. Rowling, “The Second War Begins,” Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Don’t let it be all in your head, nor all in your body. – Terri Guillemets
Bodies devoid of mind are as statues in the market place. – Euripides
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our mind growled like our stomach does when it is hungry? – Zig Ziglar
Sometimes it’s harder to attain inner silence than outer silence. The dog stopped barking and the kids have gone to bed, but your mind has a lot to talk about and it knows you can’t pretend you’re not at home. – Terri Guillemets
The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mind is a broken mirror. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way. – Koichi Tohei, Ki in Daily Life
Ever wonder what crime you committed that you are confined to a small enclosure above your sinuses, under permanent skull arrest? – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there’s no difference between what is and what could be. – Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
The power of the mind is your power. Use it. Don’t let it use you. – Terri Guillemets [Wow! Years after writing this, I stumbled onto this from Osho:
To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. – Zhuangzi
Mind is blocking the fountain of intelligence like a rock. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
The vacation we often need is freedom from our own mind. – Jack Adam Weber
Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
Every thought we have is a form of energy that continues to exist forever. – Pim van Lommel
