#mind

For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#concrete #large #limited #need #often

You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#identity #keep #mind #off #out

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture. ↗

— Tori Amos

#culture #going #hearts #minds #music

I just like being all over the place and writing whatever comes to mind. Having the tools? It's such a gift. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#comes #gift #having #i #just

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. ↗

— Adolf Anderssen

#gymnasium #mind

Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. ↗

— Athanasius

#approach #cleanse #copying #deeds #first

Instinct is the nose of the mind. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

#mind #nose

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand. ↗

— Edward Appleton

#language #long #mind #opera #sung

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. ↗

— Thomas Aquinas

#drawn #equivalent #mind #necessarily #reality

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes. ↗