“One of the most gracious dispensations of God concerning His saints is their lovely unawareness of sanctity. The nearer they move to Him, the more conscious are they of sin. If it were impossible at times not to note their own growth in grace, it were impossible also to forget that it was all by His power. If they could be persuaded to admit their progress and talk of it at all, the language of their heart would be this: 'If God could do this in me, He could do it in anyone” IfsHeartWould BeMovingLanguageGrowthSinForgetGraceProgressImpossibleConsciousNotesSaintLovelyGraciousSanctityUnawareness Author:Bill Vaughan
“Any work of art represents a series of conscious choices on the part of the artist - what color to paint, what note to play, what word to use - in that artist's attempt to share what is in his or her soul. The audience is free to accept or reject those choices; it is emphatically not free to substitute its own.” ArtSoulPlayUseArtistChoicesAcceptingAudienceShareColorConsciousSeriesNotesPaintRejectsWorks Of ArtSubstitutes Author:Leonard Pitts
“I don't mean I give the same intensity to everything I do - if I did that, I'd be dead, but I'm very conscious, I make notes, and I have a fairly good idea of what's happening in my life.” IfsGivingMeanIdeasHappeningsConsciousNotesIntensityGood Ideas Author:David Toop
“I know that I was conscious of all the aspects of the war, having had cousins who were in the army, who would send me notes and memorabilia. I began to collect things that they would send me.” KnowsWarConsciousAspectArmyNotesCousinMemorabilia Author:Paul Smith
“I don't know if make a conscious effort to vary the characters and subjects that I write about, but I do find myself keeping track of ideas that come along, as probably most writers do, and whatever seems most interesting to me when I flip through my notes before I begin a new story is usually what I will try to write about next.” IfsKnowsWritingTryingIdeasCharacterStoriesSeemsNextInterestingEffortSubjectsConsciousNotesTrackMost InterestingVaryFlip Author:Christine Sneed
“Trivers, pursuing his theory of the emotions to its logical conclusion, notes that in a world of walking lie detectors the best strategy is to believe your own lies. You can’t leak your hidden intentions if you don’t think they are your intentions. According to his theory of self-deception, the conscious mind sometimes hides the truth from itself the better to hide it from others. But the truth is useful, so it should be registered somewhere in the mind, walled off from the parts that interact with other people.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldShouldMindBelieveSelfSometimesLyingEmotionTheoryWalkingTruth IsConsciousStrategyIntentionNotesConclusionDeceptionLogicalSelf DeceptionLeaksConscious Mind Author:Steven Pinker
“Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you” WellsDecisionCrazyConsciousNotes Book:Good in Bed Source: Good in Bed