Mind
A mind ( /ˈmaɪnd/) is the complex of cognitive faculties that enables consciousness, thinking, reasoning, perception, and judgement—a characteristic of human beings, but which also may apply to other life forms.
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Famous quotes containing the word mind:
“Plato—who may have understood better what forms the mind of man than do some of our contemporaries who want their children exposed only to “real” people and everyday events—knew what intellectual experience made for true humanity. He suggested that the future citizens of his ideal republic begin their literary education with the telling of myths, rather than with mere facts or so-called rational teachings.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)
“The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)