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Gravity is a mystery of the body invented to conceal the defects of the mind
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor
I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better
For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man
Of a Happy Life
A good mind possesses a kingdom
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it
The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned
Where the statue stood
Of Newton, with his prism and silent face,
The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
Of Newton, with his prism and silent face,
The marble index of a mind forever
Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.
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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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