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This feeling of distrust is always the last which a great mind acquires; he is deceived for a long time
It is slavery to live in the mind unless it has become part of the body
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free; their passions forge their fetters
A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders
The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life
Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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