--- title: "7 Means Conscious Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Means Conscious quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Means Conscious sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/david-foster-wallace-161_attention_it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enoug_90332.jpg" --- > [It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enough-to-choose-what-you-pay/) [David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/david-foster-wallace-161_attention_it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enoug_90332.jpg) > [Just what is meant by 'your word?' It means your conscious intention, your conscious direction, your conscious faith and acceptance that, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-holmes/just-what-is-meant-by-your-word-it-means-your-conscious-intention/) [Ernest Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-holmes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ef/ernest-holmes-2229_acceptance_just-what-is-meant-by-your-word-it-means_295691.jpg) > [For most people on the planet, consciousness can be equated with thought. They haven't experienced what it means to be conscious without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/for-most-people-on-the-planet-consciousness-can-be-equated-with/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/eckhart-tolle-81_conscious_for-most-people-on-the-planet-consciousn_371292.jpg) > [Nonviolence, in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/nonviolence-in-its-dynamic-condition-means-conscious-suffering/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/mahatma-gandhi-23_conditions_nonviolence-in-its-dynamic-condition-mea_1237855.jpg) > [Meditation means how to be not a mind. How to be not a mind! Meditation means how to create the state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/meditation-means-how-to-be-not-a-mind-how-to-be-not-a-mind-meditation/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/566/rajneesh-54_breeze_meditation-means-how-to-be-not-a-mind-ho_1271347.jpg) > [Man ordinarily is a robot. He lives apparently awake, but not really. He walks, he talks, he acts, but it is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/man-ordinarily-is-a-robot-he-lives-apparently-awake-but-not-really-he/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68a/rajneesh-54_awake_man-ordinarily-is-a-robot-he-lives-appar_1311926.jpg) > [I am me, whatever that means. I am conscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-gonzalez/i-am-me-whatever-that-means-i-am-conscious/) [Jose Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-gonzalez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/jose-gonzalez-29919_conscious_i-am-me-whatever-that-means-i-am-conscio_1549128.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/means-conscious/#itemlist", "name": "Means Conscious Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Foster Wallace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enough-to-choose-what-you-pay/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/david-foster-wallace-161_attention_it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enoug_90332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/david-foster-wallace-161_attention_it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enoug_90332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/david-foster-wallace-161_attention_it-means-being-conscious-and-aware-enoug_90332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you…” — David Foster Wallace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just what is meant by 'your word?' 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