5 CommentsI have found some interesting quotes on the human consciousness... Are there any other quotes which refer to the state of consciousness, by philospophers or perhaps more interestingly, by artists etc.
"The trick is to combine your waking
rational abilities with the infinite
possibilities of your dreams.
Because, if you can do that,
you can do anything.
(Guy Forsythe)
Welcome to the desert of the real
"What I am, I don't know. I am the simulacrum of myself."
(baudrillard)
there's no such thing as death,
life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves
Watching television is like taking black spray paint
to your third eye.
The world is like a ride at an amusement park.
And when you choose to go on it,
you think its real because thats how powerful
our minds are.
(bill hicks)
Our separation of each other is an optical illusion
of consciousness
albert einstein"
Ozone42
Written Mar. 4, 2008 / Report /
You should rent or buy the film "Waking Life."
johnbakeronline
Written Mar. 5, 2008 / Report /
Tomorrow never happens. It’s all the same fucking day, man. Janis Joplin.
If there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision. Martin Buber.
A psychotic is a guy who’s just found out what’s going on. William Burroughs.
Aaaaaaaaaargh! Charlie Brown.
Kamigoroshi
Written Mar. 5, 2008 / Report /
We'll stick to the most famous one.
I think, therefore I am - Descartes
Others are:
The mere consciousness of my own existence proves the existence of objects in space outside me.
Whoever wills an end, ought to will the means.
- Immanuel Kant
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Fear is the mother of morality.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion.
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
You can tell I'm a student of Nietzsche's works. :) I do have one of my own though. I'm not sure if you want it or not, but it's what I understand. "Reality is defined not just by how you see the world, but how the world sees you."
koopdoggedawg
Written Mar. 11, 2008 / Report /
if you had to typographically represent consciousness, what would be a good concept?
trevorlee_nc
Written Mar. 11, 2008 / Report /
two of my favorites:
"While we are asleep in this world, we are awake in another one."
-Salvador Dali
"The more we know, the more we learn that we know nothing."
-Ayn Rand