When the mind is empty, silent, when it is in a state of complete negation - which is not blankness, nor the opposite of being positive, but a totally different state in which all thought has ceased - only then is it possible for that which is unnameable to come into being.

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears - when you give your whole attention to it.

Can the mind see the truth of its own incapacity to know the unknown? Surely if I see very clearly that my mind cannot know the unknown, there is absolute quietness.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind.

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Wellness is the compete integration of body, mind, and spirit - the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being.

Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind.

Anything worth knowing cannot be understood by the human mind.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

“The mind can calculate, but the spirit yearns, and the heart knows what the heart knows”

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.