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I was always puzzled by the fact that people have a great deal of trouble and pain when and if they are forced or feel forced to change a belief or circumstance which they hold dear. I found what I believe is the answer when I read that a Canadian neurosurgeon discovered some truths about the human mind which revealed the intensity of this problem. He conducted some experiments which proved that when a person is forced to change a basic belief or viewpoint, the brain undergoes a series of nervous sensations equivalent to the most agonizing torture.

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Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites.

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Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

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To see a man fearless in dangers. untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

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It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

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A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.

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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

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The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky

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Mind is the great lever of all things.

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Like swift water an active mind never stagnates.

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