Dostoevsky's underground man ... observes his contemporaries striving to establish false goals where there are no naturally generated ones. ... He argues… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
I have been a politically conscious citizen. I've been an artist, a reader, and have been chiselled by that. — Prakash Raj Copy Share Image
To live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild… — R. S. Thomas Copy Share Image
An author accepting language's invitation to dance steps onto the floor of his her sensibility-charged consciousness and begins to move instinctively--even if… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
Actually, social drug-taking went kind of low-key for a couple of years. Probably because of AIDS, people got very conscious of their… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
When one analyzes the pre-conscious step to concepts, one always finds ideas which consist of 'symbolic images.' The first step to thinking… — Wolfgang Pauli Copy Share Image
I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny.… — Piet Mondrian Copy Share Image
The higher Truth is all the time working in us but through the lower power - Aparashakti. It is when we become… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
The gods, (if gods to goodness are inclined If acts of mercy touch their heavenly mind), And, more than all the gods,… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
While we're working, we must be conscious of what we're doing. — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
As far as inner action is concerned, we are only rarely truly self-determined persons, for the major part of our conscious mental… — Thomas Metzinger Copy Share Image
My view is that consciousness, the seat of "personalness," is the ultimate reality, and is also scientifically impenetrable. In other words, there… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat… — Chip Conley Copy Share Image
I made a conscious effort to make a record that would affect people in a good way rather than the last one,… — Daniel Johns Copy Share Image
It was my misfortune-or salvation-to be at all times perfectly conscious of my misperceptions of reality. — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
My mom made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent. — Naveen Andrews Copy Share Image
In the past, it was possible to destroy a village, a town, a region, even a country. Now it is the whole… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
People ask me if I ever thought of writing a children's book. I say, 'If I had a serious brain injury I… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I'm always very self-conscious and assume the way faith or religion might come up in my plays will seem very harsh to… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Any ad consciously attended to is comical. Ads are not meant for conscious consumption. They are intended as subliminal pills for the… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
We found ourselves becoming more serious about playing music than our friends were - or just more committed and had more meaningful… — Mikal Cronin Copy Share Image
