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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.

Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.

Quotes by Margaret Oliphant

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.

Quotes by Margaret Drabble

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.

Quotes by Margaret Fuller

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth.

Quotes by Margaret Fuller

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions.

Quotes by Margaret Fuller

I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear an honest argument, evidence of thinking. I'd like to know these teeth-perfect families don't just buy each other...

Quotes by Margaret Heffernan

A great deal of creativity is about pattern recognition, and what you need to discern patterns is tons of data. Your mind collects that data by taking note of random details and anomalies easily seen every day: quirks and changes...

Quotes by Margaret Heffernan

Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.

Quotes by Margaret Cho

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words.

Quotes by Marcus Mumford

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in...

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

Quotes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

I have in my mind that I want to improve every day, I have to analyse if I want to achieve this.

Quotes by Marco Silva

Sometimes, when you have an opportunity in your mind but you lose it because you have a contract with the club and you are an important player for that club, and you miss out on what could be your dream,...

Quotes by Marco Silva

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Marcus Aurelius

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Marcus Aurelius

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

Marcus Aurelius

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

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.