Brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Quotes
Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.
—Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1897As is the face, so is the mind.
—Roman proverbSooner 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, 1930Every 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, 1971Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937The human mind is an evolutionary product, just like the human body.
—Tetsuro Matsuzawa, 2010The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884Your mind’s got to eat, too.
—Dambudzo Marechera, 1978Is there no way out of the mind?
—Sylvia Plath, 1962