#mind

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ↗

— James Allen

#becomes #calmness #good #greater #his

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand. ↗

— Edward Albee

#happen #immediately #impressions #know #loose

If I could have anybody I haven't had, I'd want to interview somebody like Jay-Z or Puff Daddy, pick their minds a little bit. ↗

— Shaun Alexander

#bit #could #daddy #had #haven

The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away. ↗

— Fisher Ames

#away #eggs #gentleman #hen #her

I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton. ↗

— Ian Anderson

#clapton #eric #eric clapton #flute #happy

The Huddersfield that I like best is a large town with a big heart and an open mind. ↗

— Simon Armitage

#big #big heart #heart #i #large

The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility. ↗

— Bille August

#big #big difference #cannot #comes #crazy

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#ability #broaden #comes #investigate #life

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul. ↗

— Gaston Bachelard

#hour #knows #mind #plenitude #rather

We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind. ↗

— John Bacon

#bring #death #faith #find #grieve