Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.
—Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1897Quotes
What a torture to talk to filled heads that allow nothing from the outside to enter them.
—Joseph Joubert, 1807From 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, 1957What is the hardest task in the world? To think.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841Imagination continually outruns the creature it inhabits.
—Katherine Anne Porter, 1949The sleep of reason produces monsters.
—Francisco Goya, 1799Not all heads have a brain.
—French proverbImagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.
—Henry Ward Beecher, 1887Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
—George Santayana, 1920Brains are the only things worth having in this world.
—L. Frank Baum, 1899The universe is an object of thought at least as much as it is a means of satisfying needs.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962Your mind’s got to eat, too.
—Dambudzo Marechera, 1978