Mind

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

The less men think, the more they talk.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion

Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes invisible

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world

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