Philosophy of Mind Quote by David McRaney

“the conscious self doesn’t create thoughts; it receives them.”

— Robert Wright

“Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain's simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.”

— Richard Dawkins

“Was it possible for thought to exist without consciousness?”

— Stanisław Lem

“It was not possible to think except with one’s brain, no one could stand outside himself in order to check the functioning of his…

— Stanisław Lem

“What happens in the mind that doesn't happen in the brain?”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Without thoughts the mind cannot exist only consciousness”

— Avis Williams

“Your mindset is the level of the subconscious, the origin of thought, before reaching the level of consciousness or reasoning.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“A thought is a substance, producing the thing that is imagined by the thought.”

— Wallace D. Wattles

“Thinking isn’t just an activity; it manifests as a state of being.”

— Lori Deschene

“The predominance of mind is no more than a stage in the evolution of consciousness.”

— Eckhart Tolle

“Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself.”

— Plato

“Every mental process, or every mental action, that takes place in our wide-awake consciousness will, if it has depth of feeling or intensity, enter…

— Christian D. Larson