“It is precisely as though I were possessed by some other spirit when I enter on a new task of acting, as though something within me presses a switch and my own consciousness merges into some other, greater, more vital being.” SpiritMy OwnActingConsciousnessGreaterTasksPressesPossessed Author:Conrad Veidt
“If within the last century art conceived as an autonomous activity has come to be invested with an unprecedented stature - the nearest thing to a sacramental human activity acknowledged by secular society - it is because one of the tasks art has assumed is making forays into and taking up positions on the frontiers of consciousness (often very dangerous to the artist as a person) and reporting back what's there.” IfsHumansPersonsArtLastsArtistConsciousnessCenturyDangerousPositionActivityTasksSecularFrontiersUnprecedentedStatureHuman ActivityAutonomousSecular Society Author:Susan Sontag
“If you measure someone's brain and see very little activity during a task, it does not necessarily indicate that they're not trying - it more likely signifies that they have worked hard in the past to burn the programs into the circuitry. Consciousness is called in during the first phase of learning and is excluded from the game playing after it is deep in the system.” IfsTryingFirstsLittlesDoeHardPastGamesBrainConsciousnessActivityProgramTasksPhasesExcluded Book:Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“Women's propaganda must touch upon all those questions which are of great importance to the general proletarian movement. The main task is, indeed, to awaken the women's class consciousness and to incorporate them into the class struggle.” ConsciousnessClassStruggleMovementTasksImportanceAwakeningPropagandaClass StruggleClass Consciousness Author:Clara Zetkin
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” InspirationalHumansKindPersonsPhilosophyWholeFeelingsSpiritualDesireHumanityUniverseNatureHuman BeingsSpaceConsciousnessCompassionBeautyHumilityCreaturesAll ThingsTasksEmbracePrisonMental HealthAffectionCirclesDelusionVeganAnimal RightsEcologyTime And SpaceLiving ThingsVegetarianismInsperationalRelativitySelf ConsciousnessSelf CompassionLiving CreaturesThoughts And FeelingsNature BeautyHuman ConsciousnessHuman ThoughtSave Mother EarthHumans And AnimalsHuman ConnectionHuman ActionsSpace TimeAnimal CompassionSpiritual NatureNature And BeautyCommon HumanityOne With NatureAnimals In NatureKindness To AnimalsLimited TimeNature And AnimalsHuman CompassionModern PhysicsPersonal FeelingsThinking GodPersonal DesireLiving RightPersonal ConnectionGod NatureLiving RealityNature RelatedParts Of A WholeKind ThoughtsKind PersonCaring And CompassionEarth Community Author:Albert Einstein
“The difficult task of knowing another soul is not for young gentlemen whose consciousness is chiefly made up of their own wishes.” MenMadeSoulYoungWishDifficultConsciousnessKnowingTasksGentlemanDifficult TasksYoung Gentlemen Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)