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The march of the human mind is slow.
The march of the human mind is slow.
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.
 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 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.] 
 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.] 
 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.] 
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.