I think, therefore I am. Here are some proverbs and quotes about the mind.
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A bath refreshes the body, tea refreshes the mind.
A healthy mind in a healthy body.
From latin: Mens sana in corpore sano.Age brings experience, and a good mind wisdom.
Better a sick body than an ignorant mind.
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
Richard DawkinsChildren have a right not to have their minds addled by nonsense.
Nicholas HumphreyDrugs are a bet with the mind.
Jim MorrisonEasier to bend the body than the will.
Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.
Richard DawkinsI put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
Vincent van GoghI think, therefore I am.
René DescartesLatin: Cogito, ergo sum
I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
Mahatma GandhiIt is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
René DescartesIt rots the sense in the head!
It kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
he can no longer understand
a fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think--he only sees!
Roald DahlIt kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
he can no longer understand
a fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think--he only sees!
Source: Poem: Television
It's very likely that most mammals have consciousness, and probably birds, too.
Richard DawkinsKeep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
Henry RollinsNo brain, never mind.
Christof KochNot less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise and the weather should be little regarded. If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.
Thomas JeffersonOut of sight, out of mind.
We tend to forget people or things that we do not see.The beautiful truth burst upon my mind — I felt that there were invisible lines stretched between my spirit and the spirits of others.
Helen KellerThe difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind.
Charles DarwinSource: The Descent of Man
The mind is the effect, not the cause.
Daniel DennettThe power of thought, the magic of the mind.
Lord ByronThe test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
F. Scott FitzgeraldThere is no scientific study more vital to man than the study of his own brain. Our entire view of the universe depends on it.
Francis CrickWe must believe in free will, we have no choice.
Isaac Bashevis SingerWhat kind of mind would do something as useless as inventing ghosts and bribing them for good weather?
Steven PinkerSource: How the Mind Works
When the head is sick the whole body is sick.
YES we have a soul but it's made of lots of tiny robots.
Daniel DennettYouth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.
Samuel Ullman