“Diversion weakens thy mind.”
“Exceed not thy actions, but limit not thy mind.”
““Madness weakens the mind anddisease weakens the body,but nothing destroys the spiritlike the loss of true love.”-THE BOOK OF THE ETERNAL ROSE”
“The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened.”
“Let thy fortune be what it will, 'tis thy mind alone that makes thee poor or rich, miserable or happy.”
“Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones.”