Brigham Young Quotes

Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.

All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power.

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

Renunciation is of the mind.

That daydreaming seemed important at the time, but when I asked my teacher Katagiri Roshi about it, he said, "Oh, it's just laziness. Get to work." But as for discipline, I don't even use that word. I think more about passion or love. What I've really learned is the way the mind moves, and how the mind works. Rather than discipline, I know how to seduce my mind.

If a person trains his mind to walk in the spirit, and brings his whole mind to bear upon its operations, and upon the principles of faith which are calculated to put him in possession of the power of God, how much greater will be his faculties for obtaining knowledge. . . .

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

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.

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

To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which one of the Fathers observes to be not a virtue, but the groundwork of virtue.

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.

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.

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

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.

Through discipline, discipline is the other side of discipleship. If you want to follow Jesus, you have to have discipline.

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.

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.

There is only one way by which you can achieve prosperity. It is to take charge of your mind.

Our minds are so undisciplined that our doubts rule our lives and we don't master our imagination - it masters us.

To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.

We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.