Mental Function Quotes

The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.

Analysis and synthesis are both as necessary to the thinking spirit as inspiration and expiration to the organism.

The mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them.

The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

The thinnest I've ever been was after I had my appendix out, during the London run of The Seagull. I went down to 112 pounds and realized my brain doesn't work when I'm that thin, so I can't do my job. That's why, when I came out here, I never had that whole Hollywood pressure thing.

I can state with complete assurance that for each of us our brains form the material basis of our experiences and memories, our imaginations, our dreams.

The ill effects of thought come about when we forget that thought is a function of our consciousness... an ability that we as human beings have. We are the producers of our own thinking.