Quotes About Consciousness

There is no such thing as a genuinely non-political literature, and least of all in an age like our own, when fears, hatreds, and loyalties of a directly political kind are near the surface of everyone's consciousness.

It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx. The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words, but it was not speech in the true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness, like the quacking of a duck. Syme

How many fingers, Winston?' 'Four. I suppose there are four. I would see five if I could. I am trying to see five.' 'Which do you wish: to persuade me that you see five, or really to see them?' 'Really to see them.

Does the past exist concretely, in space? Is there somewhere or other a place, a world of solid objects, where the past is still happening?' 'No.' 'Then where does the past exist, if at all?

Un hecho bien conocido puede resultar tan insoportable que sea dejado de lado y no se le permita formar parte de los procesos lógicos; o, por el contrario, puede formar parte de todos los cálculos y, a pesar de eso, no ser admitido jamás como un hecho, ni siquiera en la propia mente.

Whatever happens in all minds, truly happens.

Dopóki nie poÅ'Ä…czy ich Å›wiadomo??, nigdy sÄ… nie zbuntujÄ…; dopóki sÄ… nie zbuntujÄ…, nie stanÄ… siÄ™ Å›wiadomi.

Baš ništa ne posjedujemo osim par kubi?nih centimetara unutar vlastite lubanje.

As he watched the eyeless face with the jaw moving rapidly up and down, Winston had a curious feeling that this was not a real human being but some kind of dummy. It was not the man's brain that was speaking; it was his larynx. The stuff that was coming out of him consisted of words, but it was not speech in the true sense: it was a noise uttered in unconsciousness, like the quacking of a duck.

Wszystko istnieje wy??cznie dzi?ki naszej ?wiadomo?ci.

Ver lo que tenemos delante de nuestras narices requiere un esfuerzo constante

Wydaje ci siÄ™, ?e istnieje coÅ› takiego jak natura ludzka, która oburzona tym, co robimy, zwróci siÄ™ przeciwko nam. Ale pamiÄ™taj, ?e to my ksztaÅ'tujemy ludzkÄ… naturÄ™. CzÅ'owiek jest nieskoÅ"czenie podatny na formowanie.

The aim of the Low, when they have an aim — for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more than intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives — is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal.

BaÄŸl?l?k, düÅŸünmemek demektir, düÅŸünmeye gerek duymamak demektir. BaÄŸl?l?k bilinçsizliktir.

Hasta que no tomen conciencia no se rebelaran, y sin rebelarse no podran tomar conciencia.

Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller

He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago. But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth.

Comprendió que si uno quiere guardar un secreto debe ocultárselo también a sí mismo.

Onze daden kunnen slechts zo verstandig zijn als onze gedachten.

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thoughts can be no wiser than our understanding.

There are moments of exaltation and ecstasy when our thoughts become, in a way, more pure, more subtle, more ethereal. These rare moments raise us up so high, carry us so far out of ourselves, that when we fall back to earth we lose the consciousness and the memory of that intellectual intoxication. Who can understand the anchorite's mysterious visions? Who can relate the dreams of the poet before his emotion has cooled so that he can write them down for us?

By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions.

The main thing I want us to be asking together is: What did we feel and where did we feel it? (All coherent intellectual work begins with a genuine reaction.)