Action Quote by David Eagleman

At the very center of our being is rhythmic movement, a cyclic expansion and contraction that is both in our body and outside it,…

— Andrew Weil

The centermost processes of the brain with which consciousness is presumably associated are simply not understood. They are so far beyond our comprehension that…

— Roger Wolcott Sperry

To me, the mind seems to be spread out in the whole body - the senses are part of the brain. I guess they're…

— Sharon Olds

Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.

— John Locke

The act of consciousness is central; otherwise we are overrun by the complexes.

— James Hollis

“Consciousness is always drawn to the most distracting object: the bumped toe, the loud noise, or the hurting heart. It’s the same law, both…

— Michael A. Singer

A conscious mind is a mind with a self in it.

— Antonio Damasio

We can hardly escape the feeling that the unconscious process moves spiral-wise round a centre, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the centre…

— Carl Jung

The key to the understanding of the character of the conscious lies in the region of the unconscious.

— Carl Gustav Carus

Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is not conscious…

— Sri Aurobindo

The life of the consciousness is boundless. It interpenetrates the world and is woven in all its imagery. Therefore, we must listen closely to…

— Oskar Kokoschka

While we tend to conceive of the operations of the mind as unified and transparent, they're actually chaotic and opaque. There's no invisible boss…

— Daniel Dennett