Consciousness Quote by Gary Snyder

“If the human species is differentiated from the beasts by the marvel of consciousness, then we enact our humanity and the very authenticity of…

— Lawrence L. Langer

I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea urchins, gnats, whales, subhuman…

— Lewis Thomas

The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.

— J. M. Coetzee

When we judge others we lower our own consciousness.

— Senoraroy

I think human consciousness is a misstep in evolution. We became too self-aware, nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are…

— Matthew McConaughey

The classical argument for why a supposedly decent and moral creature like Homo sapiens can mistreat and even extirpate other species rests upon an…

— Stephen Jay Gould

It's very interesting to think about the distinction with mind, which I just made in very general terms, but it can be made more…

— Antonio Damasio

Humans like to think of themselves as unusual. We've got big brains that make it possible for us to think, and we think that…

— Mark Pagel

We judge ourselves mostly by our intentions, but others judge us mostly by our actions.

— Eric Harvey

I worry that we don't have a very good definition of consciousness yet which makes it hard to tackle.

— Edward Boyden

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

— Anonymous