--- title: "8 Consciousness Nature Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Consciousness Nature quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Consciousness Nature sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/karl-brunnholzl-4600_consciousness_not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance_199293.jpg" --- > [“Not only can nobody deny the appearance of mere consciousness whose nature is other-dependent and not affected by the flaw of conceptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance-of-mere-consciousness-whose/) [Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/karl-brunnholzl-4600_consciousness_not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance_199293.jpg) > [The first serious consciousness of Nature's gesture - her attitude towards life-took form then as a phantasm, a nightmare, all insanity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-adams/the-first-serious-consciousness-of-nature-s-gesture-her-attitude/) [Henry Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/henry-adams-1542_attitude_the-first-serious-consciousness-of-natur_298107.jpg) > [“The nature of one's own consciousness is the same as the nature of God and Godhead and, therefore, to know God, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tau-malachi/the-nature-of-one-s-own-consciousness-is-the-same-as-the-nature-of/) [Tau Malachi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tau-malachi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/070/tau-malachi-76471_nature_the-nature-of-one-s-own-consciousness-is_752525.jpg) > [“Consciousness is part of our nature as sentient beings, but doesn’t mean we are aware at a particular moment. By perceiving our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilchi-lee/consciousness-is-part-of-our-nature-as-sentient-beings-but-doesn-t/) [Ilchi Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilchi-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91d/ilchi-lee-1445_consciousness_consciousness-is-part-of-our-nature-as-s_1307687.png) > [We are at war between consciousness and nature, between the desire for permanence and the fact of flux. It is ourself against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/we-are-at-war-between-consciousness-and-nature-between-the-desire-for/) [Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/alan-watts-587_consciousness_we-are-at-war-between-consciousness-and_1311418.jpg) > [Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/consciousness-is-a-being-the-nature-of-which-is-to-be-conscious-of/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/jean-paul-sartre-220_conscious_consciousness-is-a-being-the-nature-of-w_1327774.png) > [Consciousness is nature's nightmare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emile-m-cioran/consciousness-is-nature-s-nightmare/) [Emile M. Cioran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emile-m-cioran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/emile-m-cioran-1211_consciousness_consciousness-is-nature-s-nightmare-1660_1660447.jpg) > [You may command Nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her. You cannot intelligently obey that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/you-may-command-nature-to-the-extent-only-in-which-you-are-willing-to-2/) [Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/walter-russell-3334_asks_you-may-command-nature-to-the-extent-onl_3130701.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consciousness-nature/#itemlist", "name": "Consciousness Nature Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Not only can nobody deny the appearance of mere consciousness whose nature is other-dependent and not affected by the flaw of conceptions of a body with form and so on, but those who make any such [denial] only invalidate themselves by perception and such.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karl Brunnholzl" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance-of-mere-consciousness-whose/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/karl-brunnholzl-4600_consciousness_not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance_199293.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/karl-brunnholzl-4600_consciousness_not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance_199293.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/karl-brunnholzl-4600_consciousness_not-only-can-nobody-deny-the-appearance_199293.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Not only can nobody deny the appearance of mere consciousness whose nature is other-dependent and not…” — Karl Brunnholzl", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first serious consciousness of Nature's gesture - her attitude towards life-took form then as a phantasm, a nightmare, all insanity of force. 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