Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as… — Breyten Breytenbach Copy Share Image
“We can get a sense of it, to be sure, though it will upgrade our ideas of "real" and "thing" to boot.… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
“You know the direct, legitimate fruit of consciousness is inertia, that is, conscious sitting-with-the-hands-folded. I have referred to this already. I repeat,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish "belonging,"… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
In the traditionally taught view of perception, data from the sensorium pours into the brain, works its way up the sensory hierarchy,… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“The critical habit of thought, if usual in society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
In every country where man is free to think and to speak, difference of opinion will arise from difference of perception, and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Doomed Lord's Passing. For the mind of man alone is free to explore the lofty vastness of the cosmic infinite, to transcend… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“With the weapons that God has made available to you, he expects you to capture and hold captive every thought and idea… — Pedro Okoro Copy Share Image
“I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness. For man’s everyday needs, it would… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“We can see how our world is, in many ways, becoming more complex, fast-paced, and unpredictable. As a result, the problems we… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
Through the years, I have combined meditation, action, and the Iron into a single strength. I believe that when the body is… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
On a long flight, after periods of crisis and many hours of fatigue, mind and body may become disunited until at times… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes. The hero in each of us is required to… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
In the East we call this state meditation: no belief, no thought, no desire, no prejudice, no conditioning - in fact, no… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“To be shaken out of the ruts of ordinary perception, to be shown for a few timeless hours the outer and inner… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
So plastic is mind, so receptive, that the slightest thought makes an impression upon it. People who think many kinds of thought… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
If all consciousness is subject to essential laws in a manner similar to that in which spatial reality is subject to mathematical… — Edmund Husserl Copy Share Image
“Having conceived of a purpose, a maston should mentally mark out a straight pathway to achievement, looking neither to the right nor… — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“The most extensive and sustained exploration of the world, and the mightiest monument of collective wondering, is, of course, science. Richard Dawkins… — Raymond Tallis Copy Share Image
“The heart of the objectivist tradition in philosophy comes directly out of the myth of objectivism: the world is made up of… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“Now is the moment when I must pause and lift my heart — now, before the day fragments and my consciousness shatters… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
“I wish I knew more about people, besides the trivial, superficial things - I wish I knew something essential about each and… — Ebba Haslund Copy Share Image
“Looked at again and again half consciously by a mind thinking of something else, any object mixes itself so profoundly with the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The cognitive structure does not generate consciousness; it simply reflects it; and in the process limits and embellishes it. In a fundamental… — Larry Dossey Copy Share Image
Everything which is, is thought, but not conscious and individual thought. The human intelligence is but the consciousness of being. It is… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
It could be anything. It could be Jesus and it could be the Furby and it could be the lint that lives… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
In a swamp, as in meditation, you begin to glimpse how elusive, how inherently insubstantial, how fleeting our thoughts are, our identities.… — Barbara Hurd Copy Share Image
“There is a moment between sleeping and waking where one is free. Consciousness has returned, but awareness has yet to rip away… — Will Wiles Copy Share Image
“The amygdala responds to imaginary information in the same way it responds to a real situation, so anxiety brought about by thoughts… — Matt Lewis Copy Share Image
Living by synchronicity isn't merely about getting messages. It is about growing the poetic consciousness that allows us to taste and touch… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
By the sole fact of his entering into 'Thought,' man represents something entirely singular and absolutely unique in the field of our… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
“Perhaps we are like cells in the mind of God, contributing to celestial functions beyond our ken, just as our cells unknowingly… — Robert Christian Copy Share Image
Action will come. Fill yourselves with the ideal; whatever you do, think well on it. All your actions will be magnified, transformed,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“When I happen to be busy, I never give a moment’s thought to the “meaning” of anything, particularly of whatever it is… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
The system [of thought] doesn't stay with the difficult problem that produces unpleasant feelings. It's conditioned somehow to move as fast as… — David Bohm Copy Share Image
“the present book’s inquiry into the elements of an adequate philosophy of consciousness leads to the conclusion that consciousness can be understood… — Eugene Webb Copy Share Image
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