Stendhal Mind Quotations

Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?

I call 'crystallization' that action of the mind that discovers fresh perfections in its beloved at every turn of events.

I love her beauty, but I fear her mind.

...one of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.

Sometimes the impact of Mozart's music is so immediate that the vision in the mind remains blurred and incomplete, while the soul seems to be directly invaded, drenched in wave upon wave of melancholy.