Quotes About Consciousness

We are still too much a part of the story of what is happening to religious consciousness to assess its meaning.

There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible, as the conscious that dwells in the heart of every man.

In Buddhism, we aren't trying to look at the physical world by itself; instead, we're looking at the mind and its relationship to the appearances of the world. We observe the mind to see what the mind itself is and how it acts in relation to our internal and external experiences of everything—from thoughts and emotions to actual things.

The Buddhist view asserts that the nature of all beings is primordially pure and replete with positive qualities. Once we wake up enough to see through our confusion, we see that even our problematic thoughts and emotions are, at heart, part of this pure awareness.

The word buddha, however, simply means "awake" or "awakened." It does not refer to a particular historical person or to a philosophy or religion.

he was reminded over and over how the best part about living was that others could not know your thoughts...

Istoria omului reprezinta o lupta continua intre instinct si inteligenta, intre ritmul involuntar al organismului si modelele autocreate ale constiintei.

Saya masih berpendapat bahwa Multatuli besar jasanya kepada bangsa Indonesia, karena dialah yang menyadarkan bangsa Indonesia bahwa mereka dijajah. Sebelumnya, di bawah pengaruh Jawanisme, kebanyakan orang Indonesia bahkan tidak merasa bahwa mereka dijajah.

Binatang itu bicara, makan -- tapi tak mengerti dirinya sendiri. Dan aku begitu juga.

Kadang-kadang manusia ini tak kuasa melawan kenang-kenangannya sendiri. Dan tersenyum aku oleh keinsyafan itu. Ya, kadang-kadang tak sadar manusia terlampau kuat dan menenggelamkan kesadarannya. Aku tersenyum lagi.

An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. That is what it means to be educated.

Kami berhak untuk tidak menjadi bodoh.

People must be just and fair, starting with what they thought.

An educated person must learn to act justly, beginning, first of all, with his thoughts, then later in his deeds. This is what it means to be educated.

human beings are the only creatures conscious of our innate consciousness; we are the only creatures who know that we know.

How far do you have to travel to find yourself? Do you have to go anywhere to find you? Where do you think you have to go? To some holy place to find yourself? Wherever you are, you are. And all you have to know, is to get to know yourself. That is so simple.

These eyes can see the world, but they cannot see themselves. To see them, you need a mirror. You need a mirror to see this true face, this true existence, your life; to fall in love.

we are feelings and we have human beings

Our consciousness is programmed. We see things a certain way from a young age - we're programmed to keep doing them that way. Then you have to spend adulthood learning how to overcome it, to read out the programs. Try to create. I want to tell people to create. Just start by creating your day. Then create your life.

Between stimulus and response, here lies the womb of decision-making.

Feelings have their causes that the mind knows nothing about.

Reality is not an autonomous imagination.

Reasoning doesn't revamp consciousness

They say, nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, and they have forgotten the speed of the soul.