You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness.
The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
I want to know how the mind works.
Ultimately, it's an illusion that you can understand yourself.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
The one self-knowledge worth having is to know one's own mind.
You have to have the right mind-set.
You can go through life and actually speak your mind and do it in an articulate fashion and with a really intelligent point of view.
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist.
You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.