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    How fleet is a glance of the mind!
    Compared with the speed of its flight,
    The tempest itself lags behind,
    And the swift-winged arrows of light.

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Few minds wear out; more rust out.

Few minds wear out; more rust out.

by Christian Nestell Bovee Found in: Mind Quotes,
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The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Mind Quotes,
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A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.

A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.

by Morihei Ueshiba Found in: Mind Quotes,
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Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

by William Cowper Found in: Mind Quotes,
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The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi read more

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]

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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

by Marcus Fabius Quintilian Found in: Mind Quotes,
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There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mind Quotes,
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I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

by James Thurber Found in: Mind Quotes,
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The mind forgets but the heart always remembers.

The mind forgets but the heart always remembers.

by Unknown Found in: Mind Quotes,
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