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.

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.]

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

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

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

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

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.

Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.

Constant attention wears the active mind,
Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.

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.

Nature's first great title--mind.

Nature's first great title--mind.