#consc

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#consciousness #heroic #our #ourselves #own

You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good. ↗

— Hans Bender

#always #benevolent #between #concentrate #consciousness

Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it - they should, because they put it all in beforehand. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#because #beforehand #conscious #definition #investigate

Often, even after years, mental states once present in consciousness return to it with apparent spontaneity and without any act of the will; that is, they are reproduced involuntarily. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#after #any #apparent #consciousness #even

Going beyond our ordinary concept of self is what always brings us the greatest sense of joy in life. Going beyond our own boundaries brings us an ecstatic awareness of how we are truly created in connection with all that is. ↗

— Cynthia Sue Larson

#inspiration #joy #change

Law breaking, graffiti artist, dumb jock that I am, I'm pretty socially conscious. ↗

— Duff Goldman

#artist #breaking #conscious #dumb #i

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#conscience #day #dollars #half #less

Moments of splendor and moments of gloom – they help maintain life’s balance. One thought is key: they all pass... ↗

— Joan Marques

#consciousness #inspirational #inspirational

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#demands #difficult #fidelity #greater #heroic

We are the cosmos made conscious and life is the means by which the universe understands itself. ↗

— Brian Cox

#cosmos #inspirational #life #universe #inspirational