195 Quotes About Minds

Our minds are information vacuums. Either we fill them with thoughts of our choosing or someone else will.

Children of Blood and Bone was written during a time where I kept turning on the news and seeing stories of unarmed black men, women, and children being shot by the police. I felt afraid and angry and helpless, but this book was the one thing that made me feel like I could do something about it. I told myself that if just one person could read it and have their hearts or minds changed, then I would've done something meaningful against a problem that often feels so much bigger than myself.

Simple minded people do things like gossip, lie, spread rumors, and cause troubles. But, I know you're more intelligent.

A particularly good book has a way of opening new spaces in one's mind. It even invited you to come back later and rummage through what you'd learn.

Reading is the life-saving water for our minds. Drink pure words as much as you need and remain alive!

Bookworms are the most precious worms in the world when they are humans, feeding upon the paper's body with their starving minds.

Our minds are susceptible to the influence of external voices telling us what we require to be satisfied, voices that may drown out the faint sounds emitted by our souls and distract us from the careful, arduous task of accurately naming our priorities.

We are never devoid of distresses; our peace of mind dependson our heart’s way of accepting the strife

O may I join the choir invisibleOf those immortal dead who live againIn minds made better by their presence; liveIn pulses stirred to generosity,In deeds of daring rectitude...