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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've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.

Quotes by Eddie Slovik

When I was 18, I drove from New York to California to be a movie star. Not an actor, mind you, but a movie star. Have you ever heard of anything so silly?

Quotes by Edd Byrnes

I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'

Quotes by Eddie Guerrero

How did a prairie-dwelling, red-meat-eating, gun-toting former conservative become the hope of liberal radio? It all started with this annoying habit I have of speaking my mind.

Quotes by Ed Schultz

There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.

Quotes by Eben Alexander

Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.

Quotes by Eberhard Arnold

People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.

Quotes by Ed Asner

I don't think I think when I play. I have a photographic memory for chords, and when I'm playing, the right chords appear in my mind like photographs long before I get to them.

Quotes by Earl Hines

The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.

Quotes by Earl Nightingale

Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind.

Quotes by Earl Nightingale

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

Quotes by Earl Nightingale

In my mind, the home run is paramount because it means instant runs.

Quotes by Earl Weaver

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Quotes by E. M. Forster

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.

Quotes by E. O. Wilson

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.