The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884Quotes
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
—Charles Darwin, 1871What a torture to talk to filled heads that allow nothing from the outside to enter them.
—Joseph Joubert, 1807The march of the human mind is slow.
—Edmund Burke, 1775Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937“I think, therefore I am” is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.
—Milan Kundera, 1990A mind lively and at ease can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
—Jane Austen, 1815From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60Don’t lose your mind unless you have paid for it.
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015What is the hardest task in the world? To think.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be breakthrough.
—R.D. Laing, 1967The mind is not, I know, a highway but a temple, and its doors should not be carelessly left open.
—Margaret Fuller, 1844