The mind of man is capable of anything.
—Guy de Maupassant, 1884Quotes
Any man could, if he were so inclined, be the sculptor of his own brain.
—Santiago Ramón y Cajal, 1897Understanding is a very dull occupation.
—Gertrude Stein, 1937Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be breakthrough.
—R.D. Laing, 1967Sanity is madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
—George Santayana, 1920The human mind is an evolutionary product, just like the human body.
—Tetsuro Matsuzawa, 2010We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015Imagination continually outruns the creature it inhabits.
—Katherine Anne Porter, 1949Strength 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, 1930The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
—Steve Biko, 1971“I think, therefore I am” is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.
—Milan Kundera, 1990The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do.
—B.F. Skinner, 1969