--- title: "9 Life Conscious Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Life Conscious quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Life Conscious sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/doug-boyd-233620_conscious_all-life-is-conscious-but-it-is-not-cons_85873.jpg" --- > [“all life is conscious, but it is not conscious of being conscious”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-boyd/all-life-is-conscious-but-it-is-not-conscious-of-being-conscious/) [Doug Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/doug-boyd-233620_conscious_all-life-is-conscious-but-it-is-not-cons_85873.jpg) > [The worst part in man life is conscious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jk/the-worst-part-in-man-life-is-conscious/) [Jk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/jk-47792_conscious_the-worst-part-in-man-life-is-conscious_1072806.jpg) > [Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/consciousness-is-a-much-smaller-part-of-our-mental-life-than-we-are-2/) [Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/julian-jaynes-13804_conscious_consciousness-is-a-much-smaller-part-of_1766454.jpg) > [People should adopt a sustainable way of life while being more conscious and aware.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athiya-shetty/people-should-adopt-a-sustainable-way-of-life-while-being-more/) [Athiya Shetty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athiya-shetty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/athiya-shetty-6331_being_people-should-adopt-a-sustainable-way-of_1967603.jpg) > [“How good life would be if we could all be more conscious of where things come from, if we could turn away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walkin-jim-stoltz/how-good-life-would-be-if-we-could-all-be-more-conscious-of-where/) [Walkin' Jim Stoltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walkin-jim-stoltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/walkin-jim-stoltz-286145_conscious_how-good-life-would-be-if-we-could-all-b_2303578.jpg) > [“We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/we-must-learn-to-reawaken-and-keep-ourselves-awake-not-by-mechanical/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/henry-david-thoreau-20_art_we-must-learn-to-reawaken-and-keep-ourse_146707.jpg) > [I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-know-that-since-life-is-our-most-precious-gift-and-as-far-as-we-can/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/maya-angelou-104_causes_i-know-that-since-life-is-our-most-preci_123681.png) > [Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-levine/why-do-so-many-of-us-not-give-ourselves-permission-to-be-alive-until/) [Stephen Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-levine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc0/stephen-levine-6949_alive_why-do-so-many-of-us-not-give-ourselves_1212426.png) > [People could achieve much more if only they would put in more effort. You must take responsibility for your own life. Be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-oscar-smith/people-could-achieve-much-more-if-only-they-would-put-in-more-effort/) [Johan Oscar Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-oscar-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/johan-oscar-smith-37468_achieve_people-could-achieve-much-more-if-only-t_2850102.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-conscious/#itemlist", "name": "Life Conscious Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“all life is conscious, but it is not conscious of being conscious”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Doug Boyd" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-boyd/all-life-is-conscious-but-it-is-not-conscious-of-being-conscious/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour. It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. 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