Thoughts, Mind The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere. - James Russell Lowell
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. - James Russell Lowell
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. - James Russell Lowell
It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does for the rest of us. - James Russell Lowell
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself. - James Russell Lowell
Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and exaggerate some one aspect of the tragic fact. - Andrew Coyle Bradley
Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation. - Joseph Franklin Rutherford
I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism. - Peter Hook