Quotes About Consciousness

Deep in each man is the knowledge that something knows of his existence. Something knows, and cannot be fled nor hid from.

What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return.

If a man's at odds to know his own mind it's because he hasn't got aught but his mind to know it with.

If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them?

People were always getting ready for tomorrow. I didnt believe in that. Tomorrow wasnt getting ready for them. It didnt even know they were there.

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that.

If we do not know ourselves in the waking world, what chance in dreams?

A dream inside a dream might not be a dream.

And he no longer cared to tell which were things done and which dreamt.

Those who cannot see must rely upon what has gone before. If I do not wish to appear so foolish as to drink from an empty glass I must remember whether I have drained it or not.

People are interested in other people. But your unconscious is not. Or only as they might directly affect you. It's been hired to do a very specific job. It never sleeps. It's more faithful than God.

I'm glad to hear you say that, Professor. Cause I aint sure either. I just get more amazed by the minute, that's all. How come you cant see yourself, honey? You plain as glass. I can see the wheels turnin in there. The gears. And I can se the light too. Good light. True light. Cant you see it?

People always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.

I think what is being pointed out is that human consciousness and reality are not the same thing.

You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

And what do these categories signify? Where did they come from? What does it mean that they are two shades of blue? In my eyes. If music was here before we were, for whom was it here? Schopenhauer says somewhere that if the entire universe should vanish the only thing left would be music.

The unconscious system of guidance is millions of years old, speech less than a hundred thousand. The brain had no idea any of this was coming. The unconscious must have had to do all sorts of scrambling around to accommodate a system that proved perfectly relentless. Not only it is comparable to a parasitic invasion, it's not comparable to anything else.

It's a mystery. A man's at odds to know his mind cause his mind is aught he has to know it with. He can know his heart, but he don't want to. Rightly so. Best not to look in there.

So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.

When he woke in the woods in

Ten presente que las cosas que te metes en la cabeza están ahí para siempre. Quizá deberías pensar en eso. —Algunas cosas las olvidas, ¿no? —Sí. Olvidas lo que quieres recordar y recuerdas lo que quieres olvidar.

remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

He pulled the boy closer. Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

Quindi bisogna essere parsimoniosi. Ciò che si altera ricordando ha comunque una sua realtà, che la si conosca o meno.