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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.
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much read more
The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests.
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.
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.
I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, read more
I love my neighbor as myself,
Myself like him too, by his leave,
Nor to his pleasure, power or pelf
Came I to crouch, as I conceive.
Dame Nature doubtless has designed
A man the monarch of his mind.
How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest read more
How fleet is a glance of the mind!
Compared with the speed of its flight,
The tempest itself lags behind,
And the swift-winged arrows of light.
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.
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in read more
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
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.