Quotes About Consciousness

Therefore from the fact alone that I know that I exist and that, at the same time, I notice absolutely nothing else that belongs to my nature apart from the single fact that I am a thinking thing, I correctly conclude that my essence consists in this alone, that I am a thinking thing.

I am thinking, therefore I exist.

But, because I had already very clearly recognized in myself that the intelligent nature is distinct from the corporeal

I think, therefore I am"), the idea that the mere act of thinking about one's existence proves there is someone there to do the thinking.

Não há nada que dominemos inteiramente a nao ser os nossos pensamentos.

And let him do his best at deception, he will never bring it about that I am nothing so long as I shall think that I am something.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "Pienso, luego existo" (Descartes)

hay pocas personas que consientan en decir lo que creen, sino también porque muchas lo ignoran, pues el acto del pensamiento, por el cual uno cree una cosa, es diferente de aquel otro por el cual uno conoce que la cree

I am, I exist" is necessarily true every time I utter it or conceive it in my mind.

Ich denke also bin ich (cogit ergo sum)

There is such a strong connection between body and soul that thoughts that accompanied certain movements of our body at the beginning of our lives, go on accompanying them later.

I am, I exist, is necessarily true each time that I pronounce it, or that I mentally concieve it.

Je pense, donc je suis.

Considerando que quaisquer pensamentos que nos ocorrem quando estamos acordados nos podem também ocorrer enquanto dormimos, sem que exista nenhum, nesse caso, que seja correto, decidi fazer de conta que todas as coisas que até então haviam entrado no meu espírito não eram mais corretas do que as ilusões de meus sonhos.

hay pocas personas que consientan en decir lo que creen, sino también porque muchas lo ignoran, pues el acto del pensamiento, por el cual uno cree una cosa, es diferente de aquel otro por el cual uno conoce que la cree, y por lo tanto muchas veces se encuentra aquél sin éste.

Cuando la conciencia del individuo queda reducida a reflejar la conciencia colectiva del grupo social, el pensamiento se hace siervo de los dogmas colectivos; el hombre se recluye en el organismo superior de la nación o clase, y el concepto de lo humano se disuelve

Yo soy un ser que piensa, siente, quiere, ama y odia; esta naturaleza que me rodea es bella y luminosa, y la vida nos ha sido dada por un Dios justo y benévolo, para vivirla con entereza y plenitud.»

Cogito, ergo sum

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.

Les mots qui vont surgir savent de nous ce que nous ignorons d'eux.

Shuf shughlek, yâ khawaga!

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream.

The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.