Philosophy of Mind Quotes · Page 152

In the darkness of your thoughts I would like to be a light.

— Zoran Drvenkar

Creativity involves the depth of a mind, and many, many depths of unconsciousness.

— Oliver Sacks

The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.

— Paul Simon

Perceptions create difference and difference create imperfection.

— Anonymous

The Beginning of Philosophy is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

— Epictetus

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

“A kind thought, word, or action creates infinite ripples of caring, consideration, and peace.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“Thought is the property of those only who can entertain it. -”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Humans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.

— Eckhart Tolle

“Empirical" knowledge itself is of little benefit unless it awakens the inner perception of man as to his own situation, his potentialities,…

— Fazlur Rahman

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Just trusting the soul cannot lead you to higher consciousness. You have to pay attention for the beautification of your heart.

— Amit Ray

“Every thought that passes through your mind is connected to something else. Memories. Lies. Truths. They’re all woven together. No idea or…

— Samantha Sotto Yambao

The highest level of creativity consists in being, not doing. When the being is intense enough, when the words are spoken enough,…

— Marianne Williamson

The ancestor of every action is thought; when we understand that we begin to comprehend that our world is governed by thought…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every waking moments we talk to ourselves about the things we experience. Our self-talk, the thoughts we communicate to ourselves, in turn…

— John Lembo

Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material,…

— Anonymous

Marcuse wrote: "Perhaps an accident may alter the situation, but unless the recognition of what is being done and what is being…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

“You are a visionary. Listen to your vision and trust it. Give it space in your feelings and thoughts; give it space…

— Ritama Davidson

“What you experience you have directly and deliberately called to yourself. If you hold the thought, “I do not like what I…

— Shanti Christo Foundation

“To match the complexity of your conscious experience and your unconscious processing, to deal with the constant confusion bombarding your senses and…

— David McRaney

We all are capable of many different emotions and behaviors and thoughts and abilities and the way we sometimes respond to something…

— Kurt Russell

“I have these thoughts that Dr. Karen Singh calls "intrusives" but the first time she said it, I heard "invasives," which I…

— John Green

Just as in the body, eye and ear develop as organs of perception, as senses for bodily processes, so does a man…

— Rudolf Steiner

Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.

— Swami Vivekananda

Dismiss thoughts of 'good, bad, right, wrong, success, failure' - be spontaneous.

— Joshua L. Goldberg

Your thoughts are the most important asset you have in your desire to achieve your dreams.

— Senora Roy

Creativity is a catchall term for a variety of distinct thought processes.

— Jonah Lehrer

To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state

— Albert Bandura

To know each other we must reach beyond the sphere of our sense perceptions.

— Nikola Tesla

Nothing remains beautiful and interesting except thought, because the thought is the life.

— George Bernard Shaw

Our thoughts, our feelings, our dreams, our ideas, are physical in the universe.

— Will Smith

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

— Albert Einstein

Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.

— Rumi

“Creativity is the new currency, so, are you credited with new thoughts or overdrawn in old thinking?”

— Onyi Anyado

The object of philosophy is the logical clarification of thought.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“What if insanity is just a heightened sense of perception?”

— Ania Ahlborn

An idle mind is not necessarily a devil's workshop but negative thoughts.

— Terry Mark

We do not really think, we are barely conscious, until something goes wrong.

— Charles Sanders Peirce

Control your thoughts and you control your circumstance.

— Robert Collier