#mind

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased. ↗

— Aeschylus

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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. ↗

— Aesop

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I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

#come #conscious mind #help #i #may

The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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At first, I see pictures of a story in my mind. Then creating the story comes from asking questions of myself. I guess you might call it the 'what if - what then' approach to writing and illustration. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#asking #asking questions #call #comes #creating

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#boldness #completed #earnest #engage #genius

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. ↗

— Aristotle

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Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in. ↗

— Mary Astell

#body #business #come #company #confined

My patient population has a low recidivism rate, but if they haven't made up their minds that it is permanent, then of course, they will fail. ↗

— Robert Atkins

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