Consciousness Quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty

“Consciousness of self was an inherent function of matter once it was organized as life, and if that function was enhanced it turned against…

— Thomas Mann

“The modern scientist attempts to step outside of himself in order to observe himself, an attempt that is always doomed to failure. You cannot…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

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

— Anthony Stevens

[Having] appropriated to itself all conscious intelligence in the universe ...Man faces the existential crisis of being a solitary and mortal conscious ego thrown…

— Richard Tarnas

Self Realization is finding That which is beyond even superconsciousness itself, beyond the mind-timeless, causeless, spaceless.

— Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

“Self-consciousness is, from a naturalistic point of view (in this case neurobiological), not more than a degree of sophistication of neural processes. The emergence…

— István Aranyosi

Everything depends therefore on encountering thought at its source. Such thought is the reality of man's being, which achieved consciousness and understanding of itself…

— Karl Jaspers

“We create our sense of self by merging our fragmented thoughts in a coherent conception of our being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“cosmic consciousness. Here, you realize total detachment from the self and realize that you are nothing but consciousness. In this state, you will understand…

— Sarah Rowland

“We are consciousness examining and expressing itself so that it can become increasingly aware of its infinite capacity for being and evolving.”

— Jay Woodman