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The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up
Every great mind seeks to labor for eternity. All men are captivated by immediate advantages; great minds alone are excited by the prospect of distant good
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world
The human mind has first to construct forms, independently, before we can find them in things
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