Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
The Old Saying: “Two Heads are Better than One.”
“Great minds think alike.”
The extended phrase: “Great minds think alike, though fools seldom differ.” When two friends have the same idea, one (or both) of them is likely to pipe up with the common version of the phrase.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. —Eleanor Roosevelt: Lined 6 x 9 journal, Eleanor Roosevelt quote on retro patterned background.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.
It is believed that this proverb traces back as far as 1390 but is first recorded in John Heywood's Book of Proverbs (1546).
One way of looking at the concept is reflected in the phrase, "If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow".
great minds think alike (fools seldom differ)
Used to emphasize a coincidence, or two people reaching the same conclusion in any manner at the same time.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
It feels backward, but trust me, overcoming negative feelings and emotions by avoiding them only makes matters worse. Overcoming them happens not by avoiding them but by living aware of them. In the awareness, we can choose what to do with them. This is the power of your two minds.
Be undecided, vacillate between two alternatives, as in She's of two minds about her new job—it's much closer to home but also less challenging. Put as in two minds, this idiom was first recorded in 1853, but variants such as diverse minds and twenty minds date back to the early 1500s.
adjective. : having two inconsistent attitudes toward something.
Believe in yourself and keep moving ahead. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. The thought of failure sets a fear in the heart to even try. The chance to succeed can be there, only if you give it a try shot.
Someone with a strong mind is also resolute about their principles and beliefs and is focused on growth, learning, and achievement. Someone with a strong mindset is self-aware, sets clear boundaries, and doesn't compare themselves to others.
If we build a tribe of like-minded people, we never have to be alone again. But it's more than that; together, and I actually mean this, we can change the world.
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge" is often taken to mean that your conceptions outweigh what's real.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination." — Albert Einstein. "Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn." — Francesca Zappia. "Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but to see quickly how to make them good." — Bertolt Brecht.