“How much more must this be so in my own case for I am conscious not only of the great names and achievements of those who have preceded me, but also of the living presence of many of my masters and teachers.” NamesMy OwnCasesTeacherMastersAchievementConscious Author:C. F. Powell
“I was very, very nervous about the naked scenes. I'm very shy and reserved. But it was Bertolucci and I have seen Last Tango. It's not pornographic. He's a master of eroticism. I stopped being self-conscious. You have to forget everything.” SelfLastsForgetMastersSceneConsciousNakedNervousShySelf ConsciousReservedTangoForget Everything Author:Eva Green
“A man likes to believe that he is the master of his soul. But as long as he is unable to control his moods and emotions, or to be conscious of the myriad secret ways in which unconscious factors insinuate themselves into his arrangements and decisions, he is certainly not his own master.” MenWayBelieveLongSoulDecisionSecretEmotionMastersConsciousMoodLikesFactorsUnconsciousArrangements Author:Carl Jung
“Life presents us with repeated opportunities to face what we fear, what we need to become conscious of, or what we need to master.” NeedsFacesOpportunityMastersConscious Author:Jean Shinoda Bolen
“A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation of ancient freedom, if they had not long since been accustomed to prefer the solid assurance of bread to the unsubstantial visions of liberty and greatness.” PeopleIfsWorldLongStillsLibertyVisionHistoryGreatnessMastersPrideConsciousAncientBreadRememberedAncestorRepresentationAssuranceAccustomedRoman Empire Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“One is fully conscious when he or she is the results of having been informed and instructed by the experience of his or her ancestors and use that knowledge to master, understand and become able to create institutions that allow him or her to live in harmony with the rest of nature and the universe.” UseAbleUniverseResultsMastersConsciousHarmonyInstitutionsAncestor Author:James Small
“Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the scope of these answers). How would you like to die? Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around). What do you most dislike about your appearance? The way in which it makes former admirers search for neutral words.” WayDiesFightingLanguageNaturalAbilityAnswersMastersConsciousAppearanceFormerDislikeScopeAdmirerRecitingNatural GiftsFooling Around Book:Hitch-22: A Memoir Source: Hitch-22: A Memoir
“We make the commitment to stop for a moment and look at what the mind is doing, what mind state we are dwelling in. We don't judge it, we just know it. Gradually we'll become more and more accustomed to being conscious of what we're thinking and our various positive and negative states. We'll become more and more the masters of our mind, rather than the slaves.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksStatesMomentsJudgingMastersConsciousCommitmentNegativeSlaveVariousAccustomedDwelling Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Capturing the beauty of the conversion of the water into wine, the poet Alexander Pope said, "The conscious water saw its Master and blushed." That sublime description could be reworked to explain each one of these miracles. Was it any different in principle for a broken body to mend at the command of its Maker? Was it far-fetched for the Creator of the universe, who fashioned matter out of nothing, to multiply bread for the crowd? Was it not within the power of the One who called all the molecules into existence to interlock them that they might bear His footsteps?” SaidDifferentMatterBodyMightUniverseWaterExistencePrinciplesSawsPoetMastersBrokenBearsConsciousMiracleWineCrowdsCreatorConversionBreadCommandDescriptionMakersPopeSublimeFootstepsMolecules Author:Ravi Zacharias