Quotes About Consciousness

It was strange how you could stop seeing people who were right beside you, how images stuck in your head.

Consciousness brought pain.

It occurs to me how mundane this moment would be if this was really the life I was living.

Could they all be that evil? Or had they discovered a switch within themselves that allowed them to turn off their civility? Did they go home to their wives at night and simply flip the switches back on, become human once more?

We aren't defined by the names we carry, or the religion we practice, or the nation whose flag flies over our heads, I know that now. We are defined by who we are in our hearts, who we choose to be on this earth.

Conscious parenting is really about self-awareness; the more self-aware you are, the better you can set your family's conditions and boundaries.

The cool thing about free will is that even if one has a huge bag of karma there is still a lot of free will for all those souls coming into the world.

It's okay to eat fish because they don't have any feelings.

All In All Is All We Are

Either mathematics is too big for the human mind or the human mind is more than a machine.

Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic.

Before seeing, before feeling, and before thinking: What is the mind?

The Romantic state could pride itself on being the emanation of one Volk and its primordial consciousness; the liberal state has to get by with a good deal less magic. The Romantic state could boldly identify itself with a people's Will; liberal states must content themselves with a general willingness. The romantic state rallies its citizens with a stirring cry: "One people!" The liberal state's true anthem is: "We can work it out.

Ojalá el sueño fuera realidad y la realidad fuese un sueño!», pienso. Pero es imposible. Por eso, al despertarme, siempre estoy llorando. No es porque esté triste. Es que, cuando regreso a la realidad desde un sueño feliz, me topo con una fisura que me es imposible franquear sin verter lágrimas. Y eso, por más veces que me ocurra, siempre es así.

The spirit of deception, you see," Father Maximos explained, "has egotism and pride as its primary attribute.

The fact is, it is life that handles force! Only life gives things direction. Matter cannot control matter—it has no intentions. Life is NOT a product of matter. It is its boss!

Attitude is a virtue of those who live reality. For everything else, they would do better to remain asleep, dreaming.

Some people call it the world of dreams, but it is as real as anything else....'" Jenny

Shine light on electrons you'll cause them to swerve./ The act of observing disturbs the observed.

Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well.

Simple remarque. Personne, fût-ce chez les meilleurs chrétiens, ne semble chercher Dieu ni même y penser. On se met à table comme des chiens et on se met au lit comme des cochons. Impossible d'obtenir la moindre attention quand on parle de Dieu.

I cannot experience your experience. You cannot experience my experience. We are both invisible men.

A psychiatrist who professes to be a healer of souls, but who keeps people asleep, treats them for waking up, and drugs them asleep again (increasingly effectively as this field of technology sharpens its weapons), helps to drive them crazy.

The human mind has to ask "Who, what, whence, whither, why am I?" And it is very doubtful if the human mind can answer any of these questions.