I have too much brain for my head; it cannot play at ease in its case. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

Here in your mind you have complete privacy. Here there’s no difference between what is and what could be. – Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun with nettles. – Horace Walpole, letter to the Countess of Ailesbury, 1779 July 10th

That’s the classical mind at work, runs fine inside but looks dingy on the surface. – Robert M. Pirsig