And it would indeed be foolish to deny how perfectly Dostoevsky captures certain states of mind or certain traits of character. (firstthings.com)
Conspiracy is conceived not necessarily as oriented toward the performance of specific acts, but as the harboring of certain states of mind.3 (religion-online.org)
Today I think that, while the list of dreaded apocalyptic events may change, what is constant is a certain state of mind. (religion-online.org)