Quotes by Mind No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind; despatch of a strong one. Charles Caleb Colton strongmindtwo Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind. Charles Churchill blankmindattention I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the State to pay for them. Charles Clarke purposemindpay The dirtiest mind in the world is the mind of a censor. Charles Coburn mindworld The poet Amanda Nadelberg puts it nicely in an interview when she says "often what I listen for in poems is a sense that the writer is a little lost, not deliberately withholding information or turning on the heavy mystery machines, but honestly confounded - by the world? isn't it so? - and letting others listen in on that figuring." That's what engages me - the mind in motion, the drama of someone in the process of thinking - and it's the elusive mystery of those movements that I hope to capture in my essays. Charles D'Ambrosio minddramathinking I like the desperado aspect of essays, the free lance, that mercenary kind of thing, so I just do it, without asking anyone's permission. I've never written a query letter, I don't pitch pieces, I have no market in mind, I don't spend any time trying to figure out where I might fit in. Charles D'Ambrosio kindmindtrying Free will is to mind what chance is to matter. Charles Darwin mattermindscience I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one on every subject), as soon as the facts are shown to be opposed to it. Charles Darwin giving-upmindscience I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is bound to show why it is more irreligious to explain the origin of man as a distinct species by descent from some lower from, through the laws of variation and natural selection, than to explain the birth of the individual through the laws of ordinary reproduction. The birth both of the species and of the individual are equally parts of that grand sequence of events, which our minds refuse to accept as the result of blind chance. Charles Darwin lawmindmen Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult--at least I have found it so--than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind. Charles Darwin strugglebearsmind An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind. Charles Darwin agnosticwould-bemind ...he who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind. Charles Darwin chancegriefmind In my most extreme fluctuations I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God ... I think that generally (& more and more so as I grow older) but not always, that an agnostic would be the most correct description of my state of mind. Charles Darwin atheistmindthinking My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts. Charles Darwin lawmindinspirational The moral faculties are generally esteemed, and with justice, as of higher value than the intellectual powers. But we should always bear in mind that the activity of the mind in vividly recalling past impressions is one of the fundamental though secondary bases of conscience. This fact affords the strongest argument for educating and stimulating in all possible ways the intellectual faculties of every human being. Charles Darwin mindjusticepast History shows that the human mind, fed by constant accessions of knowledge, periodically grows too large for its theoretical coverings, and bursts them asunder to appear in new habiliments, as the feeding and growing grub, at intervals, casts its too narrow skin and assumes another. Charles Darwin progressskinsmind Wondering’s healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. Charles de Lint healthymindwonder Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of - heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a utilization of the more obscure abilities of our minds. Nothing that science can't explain away. Wizardry is spells and enchantments. Fairy tales. Charles de Lint wizardryempathymind In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle. Charles de Lint minddarktime Labels don't mean much to me one way or another -- except when they close the minds of potential readers. I'd much rather we do away with genres and simply file everything under fiction. I know it can work -- one of my favourite record stores (Waterloo Music in Austin) simply files everything alphabetically and no one seems to have much problem finding what they're looking for. Charles de Lint austinmindmean«112113114115116117118119120121122»
