Sri Aurobindo Quotes

The human mind is not meant to be governed, certainly not by any book of rules yet written; it is supposed to run itself, and we are obliged to follow it along, trying to keep up with it as best we can.

Through . . . lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. . . . Lies become an inhibitor in your relationship . . . .

The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind.

This is how the human mind works. We see exceptions and spin them into rules. We take slices of information and make sweeping conclusions, as another pair of psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, found in their pioneering work on judgment and decision-making.

Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.

I tend to keep my mind open to the different forms of art out there and I am always willing to try new stuff.

The mind generally takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher state of the mind, when it takes up one object and excludes all others.

Our mind is a machine, it is not a mystery. And the mind always wants to know the how, the why. And because of this persistent inquiry about how and why, it goes on missing all that is beyond the boundaries of machines. Life is beyond the boundaries of machines.

I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals. When a witness hesitated, my mind would race to the conclusion that he was trying to hide something. What was it? I'd dissect the story in my brain and nine times out of ten figure out a hole they were trying to avoid.

A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand.

A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.

He that can carp in the most eloquent or acute manner at the weakness of the human mind is held by his fellows as almost divine.

A new painting is a unique event, a birth, which enriches the universe as it is grasped by the human mind, by bringing a new form into it.

I try to go through my reads and then, if I have the option to run, I do run.

The Iranians may simply try to run out the clock.

Economics is a very difficult subject. I've compared it to trying to learn how to repair a car when the engine is running.

No species ... possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by genetic history ... The human mind is a device for survival and reproduction, and reason is just one of its various techniques.

The man who labors to please his neighbor for his good to edification has the mind that was in Christ. It is a sinner trying to help a sinner. Even a feeble, but kind and tender man, will effect more than a genius, who is rough and artificial.

I might have to consider coaching- I'm getting too old to be a world class runner and my mind isn't gone enough to become an official.

This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

When someone says "that resonates with me" what they are saying is "I agree with you" or "I align with you." Once your ideas resonate with an audience, they will change. But, the only way to have true resonance is to understand the ones with whom you are trying to resonate. You need to spend time thinking about your audience. What unites them, what incites them? Think about your audience and what's on their mind before you begin building your presentation. It will help you identify beliefs and behavior in your audience that you can connect with. Resonate with.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.

When a coincidence seems amazing, that's because the human mind isn’t wired to naturally comprehend probability & statistics.