You need to be mentally strong to handle the pressures of international cricket.

Pessimism is a mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.

At such a moment, it is not the physical pain which hurts the most (and this applies to adults as much as to punished children); it is the mental agony caused by the injustice, the unreasonableness of it all.

A man’s concern, even his despair, over the worthwhileness of life is an existential distress but by no means a mental disease.

Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries.

We are all prone to think there is something wrong with the mental processes of the man who disagrees with us.

Insanity? The mental processes of a man with whom one disagrees, are always wrong. Where is the line between wrong mind and sane mind? It is inconceivable that any sane man can radically disagree with one’s most sane conclusions.

Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.

I recommend that you try a little mental floss.

15 Step is about how if you have mental illness and try to dance you look very funny. Whenever you see me dancing on stage, I’m imitating the mentally ill.

Denied the outlet, through play, of his energies, he recoiled upon himself and developed his mental processes. He became cunning; he had idle time in which to devote himself to thoughts of trickery.

I don’t know whether I am mentally tough or not, but one thing I know is that I like the game and spend as much time as possible on it.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

When you do what I do for a living you have to have a positive mental attitude; when that positive mental attitude isn’t enough to get you across that jump you have to be man enough to deal with the circumstances. In my case, I’m man enough.

The pleasant life is not produced by continual drinking and dancing, nor sexual intercourse, nor rare dishes of sea food and other delicacies of a luxurious table. On the contrary, it is produced by sober reasoning which examines the motives for every choice and avoidance, driving away beliefs which are the source of mental disturbances.

Mental fitness plays a big role during competition.

I keep a record of the wreckage in my life.

You don’t have the same mentality as you did five years ago—even one year. People are always changing, and I believe that everyone deserves the space to change and for people to recognize their change

A fight is mental, not just physical and psychological warfare is absolutely part of that.

The Bible is a manual for enslavement, for the subjugation of women, for the control of populations, for the genocidal extermination of competing tribes, for the dissolution of the autonomy of the powerful state, for the infiltration of human thought, for the diabolical control of those who wish to be free men and women.

In my earnest thoughts, I must remain to collect as much Gold as possible from this great land.

I like feeling strong. It keeps my mental floor higher.

Let us strive for the impossible. Remember the great achievements throughout history have been the conquest of what seemed the impossible.

There is hardship in everything except eating pancakes.

So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.

Shame is a soul-eating emotion.

Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought.

Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.

Relaxation is a physical state, but it is controlled by the mental state. It is acquired by the conscious effort to control the thought as well as the action pattern. It takes perception, practice and willingness to train the mind into new habits of thinking and the body into new habits of action.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!

The secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self-confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.

It is my goal to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also seek a balance of compassion and respect for the other players. I understand that everyone goes through difficult times, either mentally or physically, to cope with their life, to live the sport.

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands

Make a mental list of happy thoughts and pass them through your mind several times every day.

Frege has the merit of … finding a third assertion by recognising the world of logic which is neither mental nor physical.

When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten you mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again.

My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about eradicating some of the misery in this world, then it is not worth the name of philosophy. I think Socrates made a very profound statement when he asserted that the raison d’etre of philosophy is to teach us proper living. In this day and age ‘proper living’ means liberation from the urgent problems of poverty, economic necessity and indoctrination, mental oppression

I never even think of the mental side of things because I never had any issues.