There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898Quotes
A mind lively and at ease can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
—Jane Austen, 1815Not all heads have a brain.
—French proverbUnderstanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937Every thought is, strictly speaking, an afterthought.
—Hannah Arendt, 1978my mind is
a big hunk of irrevocable nothing
What is outside my mind means nothing to it.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 170Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
—Alexander Pope, 1733Sooner or later if the activity of the mind is restricted anywhere, it will cease to function even where it is allowed to be free.
—Edith Hamilton, 1930It is far, far better and much safer to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.
—John Kenneth Galbraith, 1958As is the face, so is the mind.
—Roman proverbWhat the brain does by itself is infinitely more fascinating and complex than any response it can make to chemical stimulation.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1971The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
—Charles Darwin, 1871