Quotes About Consciousness

The question is not "Can you make a difference?" You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of a difference you want to make, during your life on this planet. (Taken from Black and Buddhist, thinking critically and teaching differently in the primary grades by Mary Cowhey)

What is the biggest tragedy you wouldn't be conscious of? Letting life pass you by. Living like a starfish, clinging to your one unchanging colorless rock.

living, we cover vast territories; imagine your life drawn on a map - a scribble where you grew up, each bus trip traced between school and home, or a clean line across the sea to a place you flew once. think of the time and things we accumulate, all the while growing more conscious of losing and leaving

he was struck again by that odd sense of somehow being more alive than he'd been just seconds earlier.

He yawned again, this time very loudly, and lazily opened his eyes. "I'm sorry I woke you up," she said quickly. "Was I sleeping?" She nodded. "So there really is a God," he muttered.

Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies.

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.

Inevitably, ecological awareness has this kind of '70s flavour to it.

Almost nobody believes anymore that infants are insensate blobs. It seems both mad and evil to deny experience and feeling to a laughing, gurgling creature.

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

Human capacity for not thinking about what we're doing is infinite.

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

I'm never really conscious of what I'm being influenced by when I'm writing.

Each thought you have informs your energy, and your energy manifests into your experiences. Your thoughts and energy create your reality.

I don't think I'm conscious of most of the things I've drawn from football, because they're so ingrained in me now... understanding that the discipline and the routine and the regimentation to be successful.

It's funny: being green to me was ingrained because my parents were always trying to save money, save water, turn off the lights, or arrange a carpool. I don't think my parents even know what it means to be green, but they were.

When you cook, you take a life. When you eat fish, or meat, you take a life. And you must be very respectful of the ingredients and that is very important.

It's grotesque to believe the body we inhabit we want to inhabit 24/7.

Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious.

There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.

Human beings have become so insensitive to daily life, they don't remember what happened five minutes back.

Watch the functioning of your own mind in a calm and detached manner so you can gain insight into your own behavior.

Think with your whole body.

While your past can inform you and your future can inspire you, the moment of choice exists in the here and now.