Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Quotes
From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60Every thought is, strictly speaking, an afterthought.
—Hannah Arendt, 1978The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
—Steve Biko, 1971The mind is not, I know, a highway but a temple, and its doors should not be carelessly left open.
—Margaret Fuller, 1844The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851The human mind is an evolutionary product, just like the human body.
—Tetsuro Matsuzawa, 2010The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884Don’t lose your mind unless you have paid for it.
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
—Charles Darwin, 1871Is there no way out of the mind?
—Sylvia Plath, 1962There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.
—Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1897