Philosophy of Mind Quotes · Page 149

“Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception”

— Brandon Sanderson

“Then again, I’ve never been overly fond of rational thoughts.”

— Cat Hellisen

“Your thought transforms new meaning when brought to light.”

— S.L.S. Oborowsky

“A slightest thought that ‘I know something’ will bring in unawareness again.”

— Dada Bhagwan

Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement.

— Aldous Huxley

“Our consciousness is in everything and is reflected back to us in everything we interact with or create.”

— Raym

God is the Soul of all souls - The Supreme Soul - The Supreme Consciousness.

— Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

We are a dream of a thought which lives trough the Word.

— Sorin Cerin

At an early age I found the world a very natural place to be. I was always in a meditative consciousness as…

— Frederick Lenz

Those of us who make movies play with perception and reality; those who watch our films are responsible for making sense of…

— Sebastian Lelio

“The sexiest part of a woman,’ Carlos said after considering her question for a few moments, ‘is her mind. Her thoughts. What…

— Catriona Ross

The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to…

— George Gissing

“I think man will never renounce real suffering, that is destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master…

— Jane Fonda

We are not responsible for every thought that goes wandering through our mind. We are, however, responsible for the ones we hold…

— Peter McWilliams

Whatever We Hold in Thought Comes True in Our Experience; Like Attracts Like; we experiment with the Law of Changing Appearances, to…

— Richard Bach

Truth travels down from the heights of philosophy to the humblest walks of life, and up from the simplest perceptions of an…

— Edward Everett

If we take an unprejudiced view of the processes of consciousness, free from all the so-called association rules and theories, we see…

— Wilhelm Wundt

“Empiricism is not just an empirical method but also a theory of experience. Essentially, it conceives of human beings as passive and…

— Ulrich Müller

All thought of something is at the same time self-consciousness [...] At the root of all our experiences and all our reflections,…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

...When our thoughts revolve we are so often deceived into supposing that their violent movement is an indication of their vigorous originality,…

— Janet Frame

“Hence that state of mind at once gloomy and euphoric which one associates with carrying out the rubbish; and the way we…

— Italo Calvino

“Psychologists have devised some ingenious ways to help unpack the human "now." Consider how we run those jerky movie frames together into…

— Paul Davies

What differentiates human from lower-animal consciousness is time. You can't explain the concept of "tomorrow" to your dog. Our consciousness is dominated…

— Michio Kaku

“I wonder as to the value of consciousness,” said Jack, “if it does not change the nature of a beast.”

— Roger Zelazny

I thought a thought which I never thought that it would be thought by me.

— Vikrant Parsai

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

— Gautama Buddha

When we transcend our own thoughts, we get in touch with the womb of creation.

— Deepak Chopra

Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought.

— David O. McKay

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

— John Calvin

“The thing is, I'm not the only one this consciousness stuff is happening to.”

— Sara Wiseman

You can't just have a thought. You have to follow the thought through. But everything starts with the thought.

— Wayne Dyer

One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.

— Don DeLillo

A problem cannot be solved at the level of consciousness in which it occurs.

— Albert Einstein

Attention is what steers your perceptions; it's what controls your reality. It's the gateway to the mind.

— Apollo Robbins

“Be careful of your thoughts; they are the beginning of your acts.”

— Bohdi Sanders

He with positive thoughts was naturally born to think negatively

— Tivea

My focus is first of all, to remove every thought of violence from my own consciousness.

— Deepak Chopra

When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.

— Jeremy Renner