David Duchovny Quotes

You... and only you choose your thoughts.

We deal with our mind from morning till evening, and it can be our best friend or our worst enemy.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Happiness and suffering are feelings - parts of our mind - and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we really want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must improve our understanding of the mind.

You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right.

There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

It's all in the mind, you know.

Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can't do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.

Being able to control your mind is a beautiful thing.

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

You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you.

We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes. Meditation is the daily minimum requirement that will prevent us from breaking down and falling apart at the most inopportune moments. It is the art of listening. It is a practice which enables us to tune in and fine-tune the key areas of our lives: the mind and the spirit.

Do not struggle against your thoughts; they are stronger than you are. If you want to be free of them, accept them.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.

Your mind is the channel of it all. It feeds your soul, your heart, everything. It comes from your thoughts. The kind of person you are comes from the way you think. And it bleeds into the way you feel. And such forth. If the mind is not free, then we won't be free.

Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.

Usually, we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the wind - blown here and there by external circumstances.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.

My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made.