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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.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.
The march of the human mind is slow.
The march of the human mind is slow.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter."
And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.
The mind forgets but the heart always remembers.
The mind forgets but the heart always remembers.
Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of
the human mind in ruins.
Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of
the human mind in ruins.
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
The forehead is the gate of the mind.
[Lat., Frons est animi janua.]
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.
A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an read more
A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.