--- title: "8 Witness Witness Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Witness Witness quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Witness Witness sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_affinity_here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the_972852.jpg" --- > [Here man is no longer the center of the world, only a witness, but a witness who is also a partner in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-hammarskj-ld/here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the-world-only-a-witness-but-a/) [Dag Hammarskjold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dag-hammarskj-ld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_affinity_here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the_972852.jpg) > [And then the witness, if you go down into the witness, that has the spiritual being. Down there, in your soul, you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/and-then-the-witness-if-you-go-down-into-the-witness-that-has-the/) [Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/ram-dass-784_ifs_and-then-the-witness-if-you-go-down-into_1254744.png) > [As Albert Camus wrote, the doctor’s role is as a witness – to witness authentically the reality of humanity, and to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-orbinski/as-albert-camus-wrote-the-doctor-s-role-is-as-a-witness-to-witness/) [James Orbinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-orbinski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/james-orbinski-52988_crime_as-albert-camus-wrote-the-doctor-s-role_1570737.png) > [no one bears witness for the witness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-celan/no-one-bears-witness-for-the-witness/) [Paul Celan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-celan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/paul-celan-10412_bears_no-one-bears-witness-for-the-witness-166_1663786.jpg) > [Witness the witness itself - and... the ultimate ecstasy is created. Start watching your thoughts but don't stop there... One more thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/witness-the-witness-itself-and-the-ultimate-ecstasy-is-created-start/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/rajneesh-54_disappear_witness-the-witness-itself-and-the-ultim_1788008.jpg) > [Sadness comes, joy comes, and everything passes by. What remains always is the witness. The witness is beyond all polarities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/sadness-comes-joy-comes-and-everything-passes-by-what-remains-always/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/rajneesh-54_joy_sadness-comes-joy-comes-and-everything-p_2519423.jpg) > [When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/when-you-listen-to-a-witness-you-become-a-witness/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/elie-wiesel-341_communication_when-you-listen-to-a-witness-you-become_2819817.png) > [“You cannot be aware of yourself, for you are awareness itself. How can a witness witness itself? That is like trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-p-kauffman/you-cannot-be-aware-of-yourself-for-you-are-awareness-itself-how-can/) [Joseph P. Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-p-kauffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/joseph-p-kauffman-16033_acceptance_you-cannot-be-aware-of-yourself-for-you_2855951.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/witness-witness/#itemlist", "name": "Witness Witness Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here man is no longer the center of the world, only a witness, but a witness who is also a partner in the silent life of Nature, bound by secret affinities of the trees.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dag Hammarskjold" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dag-hammarskj-ld/here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the-world-only-a-witness-but-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_affinity_here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the_972852.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_affinity_here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the_972852.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/932/dag-hammarskj-ld-2606_affinity_here-man-is-no-longer-the-center-of-the_972852.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Here man is no longer the center of the world, only a witness, but a witness who is also a partner in the…” — Dag Hammarskjold", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And then the witness, if you go down into the witness, that has the spiritual being. 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