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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.

I don't mind what I play, really.

Quotes by John Malkovich

I think about the game plan, and then I go through all the little things that are almost impossible to do. If you go through those things in your mind, you can do them.

Quotes by John Matuszak

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites.

Quotes by John Mayall

People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

Quotes by John Mayer

Nothing mattered except states of mind, chiefly our own.

Quotes by John Maynard Keynes

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

Quotes by John Maynard Keynes

I've had encounters with animals that have been really mystical. I've always been really into animals. But the way they appear in the paintings, they come from my mind's eye more than: 'I'm gonna draw a dog now.' It isn't...

Quotes by John Lurie

Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.

Quotes by John Lyly

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

Quotes by John Lilly

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Quotes by John Locke

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Quotes by John Locke

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be...

Quotes by John Locke

A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.

Quotes by John Lothrop Motley

Like you and your woman ain't gettin' along and you're in love. You can't sleep at nights. Your mind is on her - on whatever. You know, that's the blues. You can't hug that money at night. You can't kiss...

Quotes by John Lee Hooker

In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.

Quotes by John Leonard

You buy any book on color theory today, and it's just complete poppycock. Everybody comes out of school painting pink, purple and green. The whole damn cartoon industry has pink purple and green on their mind.

Quotes by John Kricfalusi

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't...

Quotes by John L. Phillips

I was the first critic ever to win a Tony - for co-authoring 'Elaine Stritch at Liberty.' Criticism is a life without risk; the critic is risking his opinion, the maker is risking his life. It's a humbling thought but...

Quotes by John Lahr

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

Quotes by John Lancaster Spalding

As fire kindled by fire, so is the poet's mind kindled by contact with a brother poet.

Quotes by John Keble

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.