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.
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No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.
No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.
Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.
Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
His mind his kingdom, and his will his law.
Philosopy is the most important thing in life. Everything else is born from there.
Sean Baltz.
Philosopy is the most important thing in life. Everything else is born from there.
Sean Baltz.
My minde to me a kingdome is,
Such perfect joy therein I finde
As farre exceeds all read more
My minde to me a kingdome is,
Such perfect joy therein I finde
As farre exceeds all earthly blisse
That God or Nature hath assignde
Though much I want that most would have
Yet still my minde forbids to crave.
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can
not exist.
[Lat., In read more
In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can
not exist.
[Lat., In animo perturbato, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non
potest.]
