“When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.” PersonsSoulConsciousnessResponsibilityTreePositionHumilityDutyConsciousResponsibleFruitHumbleAgentsGrassKrishnaDischargeGreat SoulsGreat Responsibility Author:A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“I believed there were no Hypotheticals in the sense of consciously acting agents - conscious entities. There was only the process. The needles of evolution, endlessly knitting.” ProcessActingEvolutionConsciousAgentsEntityNeedlesKnitting Author:Robert Charles Wilson
“I've always found drugs and alcohol somewhat pedestrian. It's like, I don't need an external agent to open my mind. I'm here, conscious, alert, present. Why would I alter that?” NeedsMindFoundDrugConsciousAlcoholAgentsDrugs And AlcoholPedestrians Author:Jimmy Buffett
“I never make conscious decisions. If my agent says to me, "It's a good script," I'll do it. I don't plan. I've got a lot of things to do. I'm at the roulette table and my luck seems to be running at the moment. I might as well stay there until it runs out.” IfsWellsMomentsSeemsMightRunningDecisionPlansConsciousTablesLuckScriptsAgentsThings To DoRoulette Author:Anthony Hopkins
“Despite the never ending play of conscious correction and instruction, the surrounding atmosphere and spirit is in the end the chief agent in forming manners.” EndsPlaySpiritConsciousDespiteAgentsChiefsMannersAtmosphereInstructionCorrectionsNever Ending Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware? We can’t.” IfsBrainEventsConsciousAgentsFree Will Book:Free Will Source: Free Will