The way we perceive reality is dictated by our own unique beliefs and experiences. You and I could be looking at the same landscape, but we could see (and feel) entirely different things.
That’s part of what makes life interesting.
Reality isn’t fixed, it’s fluid and subjective. Our thoughts influence what we pay attention to and how we see the world around us.
I’ve scoured my Kindle notes along the works from famous thinkers across the vast expanse of the internet to find the most thought-proviking quotes about the mind.
Ready to go down the rabbit hole?
Thought-Provoking Quotes About the Mind
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
Albert Einstein
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
Seneca
Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
Aldous Huxley
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
Thich Nhat Hanh
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
Lao Tzu
The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.
Carl Jung
As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.
Henry David Thoreau
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The thinking mind is a useful and powerful tool, but it is also very limiting when it takes over your life completely, when you don’t realize that it is only a small aspect of the consciousness that you are.
Eckhart Tolle
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius
The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.
Sigmund Freud
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Aristotle
All problems are illusions of the mind.
Eckhart Tolle
Parting Words
Quotes like this can evoke insights into our own ways of thinking and help poke holes in the ways we currently interpret reality.
Seeing the world through fresh eyes is what we’re all about here at Flaneur Life.
My hope is that at least one of these insights has made you stop and reflect on the world you’ve constructed around you. Either way, I hope you found this interesting or beneficial in some way.
Have any other quotes about the mind that you feel deserve to be a part of this post? Do let me know in the comments.
P.S. If you liked this, you might also enjoy these related quote collections:
- Quotes About Finding Yourself
- Quotes About Synergy
- Quotes About Overcoming Fear
- Quotes About Idleness
- Quotes About Hope
Originally published June 18, 2020.
