Mental States Quotes

“Life is fundamentally a mental state. We live in a dream world that we create. Whose life is truer, the rational man of action pursuing practical goals of personal happiness and wealth or the philosophic man who lives in a world of theoretical and metaphysical ideas? We ascribe the value quotient to our lives by making decisions that we score as either valid or invalid based upon our personal ethics and how we think and behave.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“This violent state of mind.
This violent state of mine.”
― Don Winslow, Savages

“All deities and demons, all heavens and hells are internal.”
― Timothy Leary, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead

“Man’s real strength lies in his ability to control his mental states in order to direct all of his inner energy in one direction. Uncontrolled mental states are the main cause of all suffering.”
― Elmar Hussein

“Life has no meaning in itself. If a person can lead an appropriate lifestyle with respect to his mental states, then this life becomes meaningful, if he cannot, then it turns out to be meaningless. Therefore, the meaning of a person’s life is hidden in his mental states and is determined by the life path that he follows. And this means that neither the meaning of the life of another person, nor his life path can be an object of imitation, since mental states are different, there must be multiple meanings of life and numerous forms of experiencing this life.”
― Elmar Hussein