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The distinguishing characteristics of mind are of a subjective sort; we know them only from the contents of our own consciousness. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

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Now, there are a very large number of bodily movements, having their source in our nervous system, that do not possess the character of conscious actions. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

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If the heart stops for more than two minutes, you have massive brain death. There are only two minutes between our conscious world and zero. That's how fragile our consciousness is. ↗

— Robin Gibb

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The illness, and the untimely death of my brothers, has made me conscious of the fact that - rather than just think about it - it's crucial that you do today what you want to do. ↗

— Robin Gibb

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Conscience is a man's compass. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity. ↗

— Edward Gorey

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My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though. ↗

— Richard Griffiths

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If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become. ↗

— Jean Toomer

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