“It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on the way. Legislation has been proposed to create a US Department of Peace. In the propsed Department of Peace it would organize our present system into one conscious effort to improve humanity in achieving peace, where true safety lies.” WayHas BeensHelpingLyingHumanityForceEffortClearAchieveMilitaryPolicySafeConsciousSafetyDepartmentOrganizeLegislationInsufficientMilitary ForceAchieving PeacePreemption Author:Walter Cronkite
“The conscious principle in this design has been to achieve forms that could create experiences, and that could at the same time welcome everyone's experiences with the serenity of an effortless development.” Has BeensFormPrinciplesAchieveDesignDevelopmentConsciousWelcomeSerenityEffortless Book:Gae Aulenti Source: Gae Aulenti
“What’s the point of opening yourself up to your friends if they don’t notice you in your vulnerable state? The point of it all is to love friends completely and utterly, at their best and worst, and to love more than just the good things. It’s about showing that you’re willing to accept them for whatever they are, that they should not feel insecure or self-conscious in your presence, which can be a hard task to achieve.” IfsFeelsShouldSelfHardStatesAcceptingAchieveWorstWillingConsciousTasksGood ThingsOpeningVulnerableInsecureSelf ConsciousYour Presence Author:Esther Earl
“In conscious life, we achieve some sense of ourselves as reasonably unified, coherent selves, and without this action would be impossible. But all this is merely at the 'imaginary' level of the ego, which is no more than the tip of the iceberg of the human subject known to psychoanalysis. The ego is function or effect of a subject which is always dispersed, never identical with itself, strung out along the chains of the discourses which constitute it.” HumansSelfWould BeActionLevelsKnownImpossibleAchieveSubjectsEffectsEgoConsciousFunctionChainsImaginaryDiscourseIdenticalPsychoanalysisUnifiedIcebergTip Of The Iceberg Book:Literary Theory: An Introduction Source: Literary Theory: An Introduction
“it is my conviction that the personality of the writer has nothing to do with the literate product of his mind. And publicity in this case embarrasses me because I am acutely conscious of how far short the book falls of the artistry I am struggling to achieve. It's like being caught half-dressed.” MindBookFallHalfCasesStruggleAchieveProductsPersonalityConsciousCaughtConvictionPublicityArtistry Author:Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
“We live in a cluttered culture, a culture of information in which even our computers can't tell us what's worth knowing and what is merely cultural scrap. In such a society, we don't have the experience of contemplative space, of the time or mood to engage a book of poetry or even read a novel. Who can achieve the unconscious-conscious state of the reader when everything is stimulation, everything is movement and information?” BookStatesCultureSpaceNovelKnowingAchieveInformationMovementReaderComputerConsciousMoodUnconsciousScrapContemplativeStimulation Author:T.C. Boyle
“Consciousness is cerebral celebrity--nothing more and nothing less. Those contents are conscious that persevere, that monopolize resources long enough to achieve certain typical and "symptomatic" effects--on memory, on the control of behavior and so forth.” LongEnoughCertainMemoriesConsciousnessAchieveEffectsBehaviorConsciousResourcesTypicalPersevereCerebral Book:Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds Source: Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds
“Remember to stop as often as necessary to re-connect your energy. Stay full, stay in a state of love. Remember that once you achieve the state of love, nothing nor anyone can pull more energy from you that you can replace. In fact, the energy flowing out of you creates a current that pulls energy into you at the same rate. You can never run out. But you must stay conscious of this process in order for it to work. This is especially important when you interact with people.” PeopleImportantStatesFactsRunningRememberOrderEnergyProcessAchieveConsciousRateCurrentsCelestine Prophecy Author:James Redfield
“It would be so easy to lose the plot now. It's not about achieving something for its own sake, and taking pictures for their own sake. But to make conscious decisions and choices, and it includes this constant questioning - Why am I taking pictures? Because really, the world is... it has pictures enough. I mean, there are enough pictures out there.” WorldMeanEnoughWould BeChoicesEasyLosesDecisionAchieveConsciousConstantSakePlotQuestioningTaking PicturesQuestioning Why Author:Wolfgang Tillmans