The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those
of the body.
[Lat., Morbi perniciores read more

The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those
of the body.
[Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

Nature's first great title--mind.

Nature's first great title--mind.

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.

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.

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.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.

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.

We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.

We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.