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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.


E. M. Forster

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ROBERT BLAIR You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.
JUVENAL Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound body.
JUVENAL To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body...
FRANCIS BOWEN To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.
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E.M. FORSTER I believe in aristocracy, though -- if that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an ...
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JOHN LOCKE The foundation of great Customer Service is sound fundamental human values.
KRC (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes...
JEAN SASSON Health is the natural condition. When sickness occurs, it is a sign that Nature has gone off course ...
JOSTEIN GAARDER A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for. [Lat., Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in ...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr.
BARBARA L. DIAMOND Only a person with the sound mind who is willing to continuously seek knowledge can actually possess...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Sounds Is Love of All, the World
Sounds create soulful existence,
When the ...
JOHN SHELTON JONES I'm not going for a soft sound. I ain't lookin' for a warm sound. My sound is warm, but ...
DIMEBAG DARRELL When we're in a state of health, the vibrations in our body sound like an orchestra playing a sympho...
CHRISTINE O'GRADY Judgment refers to a sound mind. When there is no sound mind in a society, people in that society do...
SUNDAY ADELAJA There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a soun...
YOLANDA ADAMS It's a great pity that things weren't so arranged that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn'...
UNKNOWN If he is a God of sound judgment, that sound mind must be revealed in people who identify themselves...
SUNDAY ADELAJA We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging. I want to drive a...
JEREMY CLARKSON A sound mind is a mind that is constantly been developed with the true knowledge that brings freedom
SUNDAY ADELAJA A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.
MEHER BABA A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these...
HENRY HOME Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid st...
ADAM JONES Music is the sound of unspoken thoughts.
DAN GROAT Most writers battle with periods of being blocked; it's almost an occupational hazard. But in th...
DAMON GALGUT A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
PAUL VALERY Sound moral principle is the only sure evidence of strength, the only firm foundation of greatness a...
ORSON F. WHITNEY A great future starts with what you can see
SOTONYE ANGA The sound of a golf game is very different than the sound of a football game.
PARKER POSEY Character is the only secure foundation of the state.
CALVIN COOLIDGE Only big words for ordinary things on account of the sound.
JAMES JOYCE We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls...
MAJOR OWENS E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel th...
KATHERINE MANSFIELD As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound i...
HAROLD MACMILLAN What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without subst...
WALTER BECKER His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha...
TEKOA MANNING A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
PAUL VALERY All things seek for comfort and no one wants discomfort. A sound mind does not just improve speed; i...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part.
HENRY JAMES Your mind is a Microcosm of strength and power. There’s all the magic you need in it. When all els...
CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. Dre gave me these loops, and as confining and challenging as they are, the sound is extraordinary, a...
BURT BACHARACH I, Mark Twain being of sound mind, have spent everything
MARK TWAIN If there was a giant sucking sound a few years ago, the sound is now a collective sigh of relief.
CARL GUARDINO The only sound I'd like to hear from a Motivational Speaker is a death rattle
DEAN CAVANAGH A sound like a sound of thunder rolled,
And the heart of a nation stirred
WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it sh...
BRIAN ENO I did sound for a number of years, so I know the pain of the sound mixer on a set where everybody wa...
EMMANUEL LUBEZKI 'I'm Broken' was a sound check riff.
DIMEBAG DARRELL If you establish a relationship with it then you have relationship with mankind. You are responsible...
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI We are the road that winds down a sound mind, then slips into the sea.
ANTHONY LICCIONE Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.
JANE SMILEY Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without th...
THOMAS MERTON The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people.
CRAIG GROESCHEL The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wo...
HENRY BESTON The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wo...
HENRY BESTON I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.
SARA BAREILLES It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound.
ALAN AUTRY What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just deali...
BILL LASWELL I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the compose...
LEONARD BERNSTEIN The human mind is like a TV set. When it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound.
ANON. The sound you hear is the sound of eBay stock going down.
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BRIAN WILSON Om is the signature sound of this Universe. It is the soundless sound of existence.
BANANI RAY Mother Superior jump the gun...
-The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun
LAUREN MYRACLE Christianity is the very root and foundation of Western civilization.
DINESH D'SOUZA History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will...
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its ro...
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer...
TOM DOUGLAS As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at...
DJ JAZZY JEFF Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfei...
EDMOND DE GONCOURT A quack changes own sound track only to bring back the people behind oneself only.
ANUJ SOMANY Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in c...
JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENAL) E-mail is a preferred form of communication for government agencies around the state now. We have pr...
BARBARA PETERSEN It is OK to let your mind go blank, but please turn off the sound.
UNKNOWN This is a really huge day for the Sound. It's so important to have all the major players take owners...
DAVID MILLER Washington is the only place where sound travels faster than light.
C. V. R. THOMPSON The unpleasant sound Bush is emitting as he traipses from one conservative gathering to another is a...
GEORGE F. WILL If a rainbow makes a sound, or a flower as it grows, that was the sound of her laughter.
WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around.
CHRISTIAN BALE A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
THOMAS JEFFERSON A little rebellion now and then...is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
THOMAS JEFFERSON A little rebellion now and then ... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
THOMAS JEFFERSON I think that if you are a serious writer, you are almost obligated to provide the intelligent averag...
MICHEL FABER We?ll tell Islander East that the Long Island Sound is not the Wild West, ... The costs for the stat...
GINA MCCARTHY She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ...
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STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE.
STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté.
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E. M. KELLY Reason is a whore, surviving by simulation, versatility, and shamelessness.
E. M. CIORAN Much more than our other needs and endeavors, it is sexuality that puts us on an even footing with o...
E. M. CIORAN Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal the...
E. M. CIORAN The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for on...
E. M. CIORAN Alone, even doing nothing, you do not waste your time. You do, almost always, in company. No encount...
E. M. CIORAN Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal ther...
E. M. CIORAN Earnestness is good and impressive: genius is gifted and great. Thought kindles and inspires, but it...
E. M. BOUNDS Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of pr...
E. M. BOUNDS We love orthodoxy. It is good. It is the best. It is the clean, clear cut teaching of God's Word, th...
E. M. BOUNDS Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.
E. M. CIORAN There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be.
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