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Mind Quotes

What occupies the mind, for better or worse.

Quotes about the "mind" here range widely — a lifelong search for hidden meaning sits alongside a startlingly honest admission that resentment has occupied more mental space than friendship ever did. For related reflection, see Body quotes.

If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or the Muslim path. And I don't mind saying that I don't invalidate any of those paths.

Quotes by John Shelby Spong

I think that what I do, in terms of how I craft my words rhetorically, is fairly simple stuff. I don't mean that to denigrate myself. I mean that in the sense of, when I write, the person that I...

Quotes by John Scalzi

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

Quotes by John Ruskin

I've made it clear that I have an open door policy - which means that the employee can tell me anything that is on their mind.

Quotes by John Rampton

The last thing on my mind was to be an actor, but I had a crush on a cute girl in the drama department, so the best thing for me to do was audition, help out, do carpentry, whatever it...

Quotes by John Ratzenberger

We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.

Quotes by John Robert Seeley

There's no question in my mind that it was C.I.A. sanctioned, and most - many Latin American investigators have come to the same conclusion. Of course, we never heard about that in our country.

Quotes by John Perkins

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.

Quotes by John Perry Barlow

To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false.

Quotes by John Philip Sousa

Scientia is knowledge. It is only in the popular mind that it is equated with facts.

Quotes by John Polanyi

In terms of getting people to experiment more and take more risk, there are at least three things that immediately come to my mind. Number one, of course, is role-modeling it yourself. Number two is, when people take intelligent, smart...

Quotes by John P. Kotter

I have a reputation for speaking my mind. I like to think my candor and bluntness will give you the answers.

Quotes by John O. Brennan

Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

Quotes by John Ortberg

I'm grateful I've got my mind. I can take care of my own business.

Quotes by John Morton

In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.

Quotes by John N. Mitchell

Obedience to the word in humility of mind never confuses.

Quotes by John Nelson Darby

The mind is its own place and in itself, can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

John Milton

You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? - By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for.

Quotes by John McDonald

Your mind, which is yourself, can be likened to a house. The first necessary move then, is to rid that house of all but furnishings essential to success.

Quotes by John McDonald

I've never written anything that hasn't been in my mind for a long time - seven or eight years.

Quotes by John McGahern

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these "Mind" quotes touch on?
A number of things - spiritual searching and Gnostic belief, how hate can occupy the mind more than friendship, wanting a calm leader who gives peace of mind, and a personal story about religious commitment in a relationship.
Is there a quote about spirituality or mystery here?
Yes, one quote reflects on identifying as Gnostic and having spent a lifetime looking for "some great mystery," tied to a deep-seated notion in the mind about learning "just the right thing." For more, see the Always page.
Is there a quote about hate or negative feelings occupying the mind?
Yes, one quote candidly states that the speaker's "hates have always occupied my mind much more actively" than friendships have, and even describes them as more spiritually satisfying - an unusually frank admission.
Is there a quote about calm leadership?
Yes, one quote values having "someone at the helm who can give you piece of mind and does not panic" under pressure. Browse the Good page for more on steady, reassuring qualities.
Is there a personal story about religion and relationships?
Yes, one quote describes a partner named Gert who was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church, a detail recalled from dating her in New York City and later in Oxford. For more personal reflections, see the Life and Body pages.

Other entries value calm, steady leadership that avoids panic, and describe quiet, long-held religious conviction carried through decades of a relationship. Continue with Good quotes or Life quotes.