The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its…

The psychical, whatever its nature may be, is itself unconscious.

— Sigmund Freud

The whole point about the true unconscious is that it is all the time moving forward, beyond the range of its own fixed laws…

— D. H. Lawrence

When words do not enter as factors into a shared situation, either overtly or imaginatively, they operate as pure physical stimuli, not as having…

— John Dewey

“Our estrangement from nature and the unconscious became entrenched roughly two thousand years ago, during the shift from the Age of the Great God…

— Terence McKenna

The artist's knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

— Hamza Yusuf

“The global triumph of Western values means we, as a species, have wandered into a state of prolonged neurosis because of the absence of…

— Terence McKenna

The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes…

— Robert Andrews Millikan

I do not conceive of any manifestation of culture, of science, of art, as purposes in themselves. I think the purpose of science and…

— Fidel Castro

It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it…

— Edward Teller

The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.

— Robert M. Sapolsky

After all, that was a main purpose of science: to make things of all kinds happen sooner than they otherwise would.

— Robert Aickman

If all our common-sense notions about the universe were correct, then science would have solved the secrets of the universe thousands of years ago.…

— Michio Kaku

The only science that gives purpose to every other science is the science of religion - the science of our happy relationship with, and…

— Solanus Casey

The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler.

— Edward Teller