Quotes about Consciousness
Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
God enters by a private door into each individual.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We become what we think about all day long.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man is unique in creation because he has a sense of justice and truth.
— Ray Comfort
'Accepting the Christ' is merely a shift in self-perception.
— Marianne Williamson
There is no man that is knowingly wicked but is guilty to himself; and there is no man that carries guilt about him but he receives a sting in his soul.
— John Tillotson
To be awake is to be completely alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake.
— Henry David Thoreau
The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.
— Confucius
A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is alright. This is common sense really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not well you are sleeping.
— CS Lewis