Consciousness Quote by Maulana Karenga

“Freedom is an illusion of collective consciousness.”

— Toba Beta

We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Oppression is domesticating. The gravest obstacle to the achievement of liberation is that oppressive reality absorbs those within it and thereby acts to submerge…

— Paulo Freire

“Africans must change their mind and actions. The keys to building your continent depends on your will-power, persistent effort and action towards self liberation.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Why, when we regain consciousness, is it not an identity other than the one we had previously that is embodied in us? It is…

— Marcel Proust

“Human consciousness created objective existence and meaning, and man found his indispensable place in the great process of being.”

— Anthony Stevens

“The more I study the works of men in their institutions, the more clearly I see that, in their efforts after independence, they become…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“When a group has internalised their oppression, they may find themselves unable to imagine living without it”

— Malebo Sephodi

“If we apply our minds directly and competently to the needs of the earth, then we will have begun to make fundamental and necessary…

— Wendell Berry

“We can reach untainted experiential freedom, by living in the moment as it is—without contemplation. Here we find the possibility of freedom—of just being—living…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

“Only after becoming self-conscious can we open the doors of universal consciousness.”

— Debasish Mridha

“If we consider our own reasoning to be absolutely right and the center of our focus is upon ourselves, we will feel oppressed by…

— Russell M. Stendal