Where there is an emptiness, the mind will obligingly fill it up.
Margaret Atwood, The Testaments
mind
The mind abhors a vacuum
Expanding our minds
We extend beyond our limits, not by revving our brains like a machine or bulking them up like a muscle—but by strewing our world with rich materials, and by weaving them into our thoughts.
Annie Murphy Paul, author of The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
The battle for our minds
We have bought the lie that we are victims of our thoughts rather than warriors equipped to fight on the front lines of the greatest battle of our generation: the battle for our minds.
Jennie Allen, Get Out of Your Head