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Quieting an Overactive Mind

The loudest noise in the room is often the one inside your own head — and it can be turned down.

50 quotes found

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You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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For the uncontrolled, the mind acts as an enemy. For the controlled, it acts as a friend.

—Bhagavad GitaAuthor & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Empty your mind. Be formless. Shapeless, like water.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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A poor man with a contented heart is richer than a king with a troubled mind.

—Saadi ShiraziPoet & Writer

Medieval ERA • MENA

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The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror; it grasps nothing, it refuses nothing.

—LieziTaoist Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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The perfect man uses his mind like a mirror; it grasps nothing, it refuses nothing.

—ZhuangziPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Peace is not the absence of war; it is a virtue, a state of mind.

—Baruch SpinozaPhilosopher

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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Solitude is the medicine of the soul, and the food of the mind.

—Francesco PetrarchScholar & Poet

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

—René DescartesPhilosopher & Mathematician

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'real' life.

—C.S. LewisWriter & Theologian

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

—CiceroStatesman, Lawyer & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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The way you do one thing is the way you do everything.

—Erykah BaduAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher.

—James JoyceNovelist

Early Modern ERA • Western Europe

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Happiness is a gift, not a right. One must work for it, earn it.

—Nadezhda MandelstamMemoirist

Post-War ERA • Eastern Europe

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In old age, one desires tranquility and finds it in nothingness.

—Wang WeiPoet & Painter

Medieval ERA • East Asia

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Calm is not where nothing bothers you. Calm is where you can handle what bothers you.

—Alain de BottonAuthor & Philosopher

Digital Age ERA • Western Europe

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass.

—Teresa of ÁvilaMystic & Reformer

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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Fear is not driven out by the sword but by reason.

—LucretiusEpicurean Poet & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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