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Your mind and soul are the kings of your physique way more than any exercise you do. -- Evangeline Lilly
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. -- Wilhelm von Humboldt
The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind. -- Jacques Barzun
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. -- Edward Gibbon
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. -- Quintilian
A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty. -- Henry Home
Golf is good, it means I get some fresh air and exercise, take my mind off work and see some of the landscape of the place I'm visiting. -- Harry Connick, Jr.
To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love. -- Alan Bleasdale
I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point of exhaustion. -- Jake Gyllenhaal
Could the one whom Christians worship be merely a mythological creation, or is he real? These questions have exercised many great minds and have been the dominant issue in New Testament studies during this century. -- John Clayton
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise. -- William Whewell
Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you. -- Mike Huckabee
A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it, is exercising the energies of his mind and soul as well as of his body. Memory and imagination help him as he works. -- William Morris
I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem. -- Stone Gossard
Seriously, who really cares how long the Nile river is, or who was the first to discover cheese? How is memorizing that ever going to help anyone? Instead, we need to give kids projects that allow them to exercise their minds and discover things for themselves. -- Aaron Swartz
In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all 'poetic' in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist. -- Saint-John Perse
I wouldn't want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if we were all coding software or running companies. We also want musicians to awaken our souls, writers to lead us into fictional lands, and philosophers to help us exercise our minds and engage the world. -- Nicholas Kristof
I don't believe in 'thinking' old. Although I've transitioned through many bodies - a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult - my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life. -- Wayne Dyer
It's important for moms to have alone time. However, that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it. I have to exercise to be able to fit the clothes and book the jobs. -- Cindy Crawford
If, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings to the party is more important than the size of her arse - then refuse to be sucked into the never ending whirligig of self-doubting, self-hating madness that is stop-start dieting and crazy new exercise regimes. -- Arabella Weir
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest. -- Alexander Pope
Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind. -- Michael Crichton
The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life. -- Aristotle
Meditation trains the mind the way physical exercise strengthens the body. -- Sharon Salzberg
If you exercise your mind, you're not going to get sick. -- Rob Walton
Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue. -- Socrates
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. -- Joseph Addison
I feel like my mind is a little quieter when I exercise. -- Kelly Ripa
There is not a more pleasante exercise of the mind than gratitude. -- Joseph Addison
What exercise is to the body, employment is to the mind and morals. -- Henry David Thoreau
Dispositions of the mind, like limbs of the body, acquire strength by exercise. -- Thomas Jefferson
Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind. -- Edmund Burke
Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries. -- Mark Halperin
It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth. -- George Horne
Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind. -- Nelson Mandela
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion. -- Christian Nestell Bovee
Reflection increases the vigor of the mind, as exercise does the strength of the body. -- Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis
Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find. -- Hesiod
It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise. -- Pliny the Younger
Reading was very important; the proper exercise and development of one's mind was a paramount duty. -- Elizabeth Von Arnim
Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong. -- Norman Vincent Peale
[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use. -- Samuel Johnson
Spiritual 'exercise' keeps your mind in shape the way physical exercise keeps your body in shape. -- Marianne Williamson
Exercise of body and exercise of mind are supplementary, and both may be made recreative and educative. -- John Lancaster Spalding
My mind becomes tired, and perhaps some of yours do. If so, go and exercise your bodies. -- Brigham Young
The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study. -- William Ramsay
I pride myself in taking care of my mind, body and soul, and not just through exercise. -- Stacy Keibler
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. -- Matthew Kelly
Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind. -- John Lubbock
Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concentration can be cultivated. One can learn to exercise will power, discipline one's body and train one's mind. -- Anil Ambani
What if I bade you leave The cavern of the mind? There's better exercise In the sunlight and wind. -- William Butler Yeats
Spirituality as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have. -- Swami Vivekananda
If I've got food and water, as long as I can exercise my mind and keep it nimble, then I'll be okay. -- Rob Walton
This is an exercise in power - the power of mind over matter. If you don't mind being inadequate, it doesn't matter. -- Robert Fulghum
Exercise and application produce order in our affairs, health of body, cheerfulness of mind, and these make us precious to our friends -- Thomas Jefferson
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. -- Plato
We should not exercise the body without the joint assistance of the mind; nor exercise the mind without the joint assistance of the body. -- Plato
None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame. -- Samuel Johnson
Meditation is warm-up exercise for the mind, so that you can jog through the rest of the day without getting agitated or spraining your patience. -- Eknath Easwaran
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. -- William R. Alger
I believe that a healthy lifestyle isn't just a regular exercise routine or your eating habits, but a synergy of a healthy mind and body. -- Theo Rossi
To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise. -- Samuel Johnson
To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it. -- William R. Alger
Sports are fundamental for growing in a healthy way: they represent fair competition, strength, and exercise, which enhance the body's healthy balance and strengthen the mind. -- Giorgio Armani
Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth,-as some kinds of creatures do their food; to be ruminated upon. -- Thomas Hartwell Horne
The very practice of reading [the Bible] will have a purifying effect upon your mind and heart. Let nothing take the place of this daily exercise. -- Billy Graham
A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty. -- Henry Home
It seems we all agree that training the body through exercise, diet, and relaxation is a good idea, but why don't we think about training our mind? -- Sakyong Mipham
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of the stretch. -- Augustus Hare
A cultivated mind is one to which the fountains of knowledge have been opened, and which has been taught, in any tolerable degree, to exercise its faculties. -- John Stuart Mill
Yoga is the only exercise in the world you can do at any age. There is always some posture that will improve your health, mind and soul. -- Bikram Choudhury
Dress loose,take a great deal of exercise ,and be particular about your diet and sleep sound enough,the body has a great effect on the mind. -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
I've deliberately studied many things that I know, going in, I won't be able to assimilate. I read Plato, St. Thomas, the mystics, to exercise my mind. -- Don Ameche
I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it. -- Donatella Versace
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong. -- Terry Pratchett
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong -- Terry Pratchett
I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind in a sound body'. -- Humpy Koneru
Culture has worked by coming to exercise a form of mind control over us. We willingly accept and even embrace this mind control, and probably without even knowing it. -- Mark Pagel
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance -- Joseph Addison
You can live with victory over the desires of your flesh. Habits, attitudes, desires, worries, and dissipation must yield as you exercise authority over your mind, emotions, and will. -- Adrian Rogers

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