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Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scar
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"Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe"

- Virginia Woolf

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This quote by Virginia Woolf speaks to the power of the mind and its ability to subdue the other aspects of our being. Woolf is suggesting that when the mind is at its most powerful, it can take up a lot area that there is little space for the heart, senses, magnanimity, charity, tolerance, and kindliness to exist. This could be analyzed as a caution that when we permit our minds to take precedence over our other qualities, we can end up being unbalanced and lose sight of the significance of our emotions, senses, and virtues. Woolf is advising us that we need to strive to maintain a balance in between our minds and our hearts, senses, and virtues in order to live a satisfying life. We need to remember to offer our hearts, senses, and virtues the space they require to breathe and prosper.

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Virginia Woolf This quote is written / told by Virginia Woolf between January 25, 1882 and March 28, 1941. She was a famous Author from United Kingdom. The author also have 73 other quotes.

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