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> [The conscious mind is a maelstrom of fleeting thoughts, images, sensations, feelings, conflicting desires, and doubts; barely able to confine its attention to a single clear objective for a microsecond before secondary thoughts begin to adulterate it and provoke yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/the-conscious-mind-is-a-maelstrom-of-fleeting-thoughts-images/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

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## More by Peter J. Carroll

> [All Philosophy is Biography](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/all-philosophy-is-biography/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [ “\[A\] competent magician should have the ability to stand still at a bus stop with closed eyes and have the entire universe disappear apart… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/a-competent-magician-should-have-the-ability-to-stand-still-at-a-bus/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [“Conspiracy theory, like causality, works fantastically well as an explanatory model but only if you use it backwards. The fact that we cannot predict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/conspiracy-theory-like-causality-works-fantastically-well-as-an/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [Indeed, linear extrapolations make no large-scale sense in a universe that has spatial and temporal curvature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/indeed-linear-extrapolations-make-no-large-scale-sense-in-a-universe/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [In a stagnant environment the body-mind creates its own adversity – disease and fantasy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/in-a-stagnant-environment-the-body-mind-creates-its-own-adversity/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [That which is denied gains power, and seeks strange and unexpected forms of manifestation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/that-which-is-denied-gains-power-and-seeks-strange-and-unexpected/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [The only clear view is from atop the mountain of your dead selves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/the-only-clear-view-is-from-atop-the-mountain-of-your-dead-selves/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [The conscious mind is a maelstrom of fleeting thoughts, images, sensations, feelings, conflicting desires, and doubts; barely able to confine its attention to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/the-conscious-mind-is-a-maelstrom-of-fleeting-thoughts-images/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [Only through absolute loyalty to each other can the few control the many.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/only-through-absolute-loyalty-to-each-other-can-the-few-control-the/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [Science has brought us power and ideas but not the wisdom or responsibility to handle them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/science-has-brought-us-power-and-ideas-but-not-the-wisdom-or/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [Careful observation will confirm that virtually all spontaneous parapsychological events occur through some form of sleight of mind. It is invariably something hovering just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/careful-observation-will-confirm-that-virtually-all-spontaneous/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [So many people seem to spend their lives trying to appear normal, predictable and consistent to themselves and those that surround them. They just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/so-many-people-seem-to-spend-their-lives-trying-to-appear-normal/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [“Drugs have a long history of use in magic in various cultures, and usually in the context of either ecstatic communal rituals or in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/drugs-have-a-long-history-of-use-in-magic-in-various-cultures-and/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [No left wing parties have any respect for liberal economic values; and most centre and right wing parties merely promote a paternalistic stateism. Does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/no-left-wing-parties-have-any-respect-for-liberal-economic-values-and/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

> [It has taken us two million years to elevate politics from the level of a monkey squabble, to a level comprehensible to a six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-j-carroll/it-has-taken-us-two-million-years-to-elevate-politics-from-the-level/)

[Peter J. Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-j-carroll/)

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