William Langewiesche Quotes

If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

You either control your mind or it controls you.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channelling its powers positively, for your purpose you can do anything.

Every human being has the ability to completely control his own mind.

He is thoughtful whose mind is directed by his will, whose mind fulfills his intentions, whose mind is under the control of his intention... It is not till a person has gained mastery over his mind, till he is above this activity, that he is a ruling power, a true person.

Faith is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion .

The mind is stronger than any muscle.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

Minds are not conquered by force, but by love and high-mindedness.

Rule your mind or it will rule you.

Faith is the one power against which fear cannot stand. Day by day, as you fill your mind with faith, there will ultimately be no more room left for fear. This is the one great fact that no one should forget. Master faith and you will automatically master fear.

Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to obey the body.

The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind.

The great master key to riches is nothing more or less than the self-discipline necessary to help you take full and complete possession of your own mind.

The more meditation goes deep, the more you will become master of your own thoughts. You will say, "Stop!" and the mind stops. You will say, "Move!" and the mind begins to move. Once this capacity comes to you, you will not fall down again. Unless this is achieved, if you discontinue meditation, soon every result will be washed away.

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind.

One great effect of prayer is that it enables the soul to command the body. By obedience I make my body submissive to my soul, but prayer puts my soul in command of my body.

You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts, but rather a master of your own mind.

The wise who control their body, who control their tongue, the wise who control their mind, are indeed well controlled.

A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.

Mind is all that counts.

You control the doorway to your mind.

Everything you and I will ever have will come to us as the result of the way we use our minds, the one thing we possess that makes us different from all other creatures.

Freedom from mental distraction equals power. Body mind masters eventually come to the realization that this and every moment, on or off the field, is the moment of truth.

For one who is a learner and who has not yet come to master their mind, but who dwells aspiring for peace from that which binds, making it a matter concerning himself, I know of no other thing as helpful as giving close attention to the mind.