He had more on his mind than his mind could hold.

 

He had more on his mind than his mind could hold.
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Source: A New Zealand Dictionary of Political Quotations, p. 94.
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Referring to an unsuitable applicant for a high-ranking government position.

 

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Swami Vivekananda

 

God is directly perceived by the mind, but not by this ordinary mind. It is the pure mind that perceives God, and at that time this ordinary mind does not function. A mind that has the slightest trace of attachment to the world cannot be called pure. When all the impurities of the mind are removed, you may call that mind Pure Mind or Pure ?tman.

 

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O the mind, mind has mountains; cliffs of fall
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May who ne'er hung there.

 

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Sun Myung Moon

 

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