Fine minds are seldom fine souls. Jean Paul Richter
It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. Rene Descartes
He has a brilliant mind until he makes it up. Margot Asquith (on Stafford Cripps)
What’s on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement? Fred Allen
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. John Adams
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission. Arnold Bennett
A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it’s not open. Frank Zappa
This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. John Steinbeck
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is. Dan Quayle
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch
The mind can make a heaven out of hell or a hell out of heaven. John Milton
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. William Butler Yeats
Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. Desiderius Erasmus
The quality of a man’s mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket. Jose Bergamin
Beauty isn’t worth thinking about; what’s important is your mind. You don’t want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. Garrison Keillor
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. A A Milne
The energy of the mind is the essence of life. Aristotle.
Minds ripen at very different ages. Stevie Wonder