“What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by.”
“When my mind plays tricks on me I can deal. But when my mind plays tricks on my mind I can not tell what's real”
“The trick is in not minding.”
“Macon: “It’s true. And if that doesn’t work, use the Jedi Mind Trick. But only if you really have to.”Halley: “The what?”Macon: “The Jedi Mind Trick.” He looked at me. “Didn’t you ever see Star Wars?”
“The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.”
“Regrets... Regrets are bootless. A vain trick of the mind. An impotent raging against what cannot be changed anyway. A distraction from the moment.”