If we lose the ability in question for a single moment only, we are immediately being hijacked by an aggressive little "Think me!" and our mind begins to wander.
A pity it was so early in the day and I couldn't treat myself to the roller coaster. we'll have to come back, you and I, and make up for it. " "Sure, when I've lost my mind and want to rush screaming through the air in a little car.
There is always a part of my mind that is preparing for the worst, and another part of my mind that believes if I prepare enough for it, the worst won’t happen.
This seems to be advanced as the surest basis for our belief in the existence of gods, that there is no race so uncivilized, no one in the world so barbarous that his mind has no inkling of a belief in gods.
The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.
Political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries.
Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free, black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.
I call 'crystallization' that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.
I honestly don’t know whether I am describing something essential about the way we know God or merely my own weakness of mind.
To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea.
Modeling is a lonely business. . . You don't speak. You don't really portray anything but an image. . . the business is so superfluous about dealing with the outside, it messes with your mind.
The problem with freedom is that you just can't go back. Once people see what it means to be free people, you can't go back. So they're going to keep nattering on about this and that, and maybe they'll make another stab at de-funding the fabulous Planned Parenthood or something of the sort. To my mind, it's just not going to work.
I can't even find the perfect brush so I can paint what's going through my mind. Racing 'gainst myself but I'm a couple steps behind.
If you want to burrow a message into a human mind. Work it into a story
I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.
Force a hand, and it will fight you. But convince and mind to think as you want it to think, an you have an ally
All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.
Somebody asked me if I knew you. A million memories flashed through my mind but I just smiled and said I used to.