It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

To see a man fearless in dangers. untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites.

I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about the human mind which revealed the intensity of this problem. He conducted some experiments which proved that when a person is forced to change a basic belief or viewpoint, the brain undergoes a series of nervous sensations equivalent to the most agonizing torture.

In studying the history of the human mind one is impressed again and again by the fact that the growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and that each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement. One could almost say that nothing is more hateful to man than to give up even a particle of his unconsciousness. Ask those who have tried to introduce a new idea!

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.

A well cultivated mind is made up of all the minds of preceding ages; it is only the one single mind educated by all previous time.