Quotes by Mind The good parent: someone who doesn't mind, for a time, being hated by their children. Alain de Botton parent mind children Mental health: having enough safe places in your mind for your thoughts to settle. Alain de Botton mental-health safe mind The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning. Alain de Botton mind morning thinking We need a home in the psychological sense as much as we need one in the physical: to compensate for a vulnerability. We need a refuge to shore up our states of mind, because so much of the world is opposed to our allegiances. We need our rooms to align us to desirable versions of ourselves and to keep alive the important, evanescent sides of us. Alain de Botton important mind home The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand. Alain de Botton tasks mind thinking Arguments are like eels: however logical, they may slip from the minds weak grasp unless fixed there by imagery and style. Alain de Botton eels style mind We are continuously challenged to discover new works of culture—and, in the process, we don’t allow any one of them to assume a weight in our minds. Alain de Botton new-work mind culture Newspapers are being read all around. The point is not, of course, to glean new information, but rather to coax the mind out of its sleep-induced introspective temper. Alain de Botton information mind sleep Our bodies hold our minds hostage to their whims and rhythms. Alain de Botton whim body mind We tend to believe in the modern secular world that if you tell someone something once, they'll remember it. ... Religions go, "Nonsense. You need to keep repeating the lesson 10 times a day. So get on your knees and repeat it." That's what all religions tell us: "Get on your knees and repeat it 10 or 20 or 15 times a day." Otherwise our minds are like sieves. Alain de Botton mind believe needs Insanity is just a state of mind. Alan Alda states mind insanity It's easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group. It's also easy to look at them as a metaphor for a shadow organization that says one thing and has a completely different agenda on their mind, and anybody who gets in their way, they just get rid of them. Does that sound familiar? Alan Ball misunderstood organization mind It's the one species I wouldn't mind seeing vanish from the face of the earth. I wish they were like the White Rhinosix of them left in the Serengeti National Park, and all males. Alan Bennett white wish mind The poet lives as long as his lines are imprinted on the minds of his readers. Alan Bold lines mind long One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand. Alan Bradley demand stupidity mind All limits exist only in the mind, and it is only in the mind that they can be overcome. Alan Cohen limits overcoming mind To change your mind under the direction of the wisdom of the heart is a brush stroke on the masterpiece you are delivering to the world. Alan Cohen mind heart world Gratitude incorporates both the heart and mind, and instantly paves the shortest road to happiness. Alan Cohen gratitude mind heart Mind is the cause; everything else is effect. Alan Cohen causes mindfulness mind Live your spirit's dreams, not your mind's. Alan Cohen spirit mind dream «910111213141516171819»
