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

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

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth--in a word, all
those bodies which compose the mighty frame read more

All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth--in a word, all
those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world--have
not any subsistence without a mind.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who read more

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can't, and those in cemeteries.

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my read more

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful read more

Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote.

Nothing comes to mind without thinking!

Nothing comes to mind without thinking!

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.

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.