“Shaw does not merely decorate a proposition, but makes his way from point to point through new and difficult territory. This explains why Shaw must either be taken whole or left alone. He must be disassembled and put together again with nothing left out, under pain of incomprehension; for his politics, his art, and his religion - to say nothing of the shape of his sentences - are unique expressions of this enormously enlarged and yet concentrated consciousness.” WayDoeArtWholePainTogetherLeftDifficultConsciousnessTakenExpressionShapesUniqueSentencesTerritoryPropositionsLeft AloneLeft OutTogether AgainIncomprehension Author:Jacques Barzun
“Man is the "ethical animal" ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment like freedom, reason and the other unique characteristics of the human being is based upon his consciousness of himself.” IfsMenHumansReasonHuman BeingsAnimalConsciousnessJudgmentUniqueCapacityCharacteristicsEthicalActualityUnique Characteristics Book:Man's Search for Himself Source: Man's Search for Himself
“What is at the higher levels of meaning consciousness is like a hyperspace in which each point is equidistant from the other and where 'the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere'? The mythologies of the occult seem like baroque music: there is an overall similar quality of sound and movement, but, upon examination, each piece of music is unique; Vivaldi and Scarlatti are similar and different.” DifferentSeemsSoundLevelsConsciousnessQualityPiecesMovementHigherMusic IsUniqueUnityMythologyExaminationOccultHigher LevelBaroqueBaroque MusicVivaldi Book:At the Edge of History Source: At the Edge of History
“It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better - all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.” PeopleWayHumansDoneAmericaConsciousnessUnited StatesProgressCivilizationCreatingUniqueRateInherentNoveltyHuman ConsciousnessNewness Book:Real Moments Source: Real Moments
“I think that we are supernatural. We are unique. We're the only animals in the universe that we know of that actually have self-consciousness, a sense of time and our own mortality.” ThinkingKnowsSelfUniverseAnimalConsciousnessUniqueMortalitySelf Consciousness Author:Anne Rice
“The human race is a herd. Here we are, unique, eternal aspects of consciousness with an infinity of potential, and we have allowed ourselves to become an unthinking, unquestioning blob of conformity and uniformity. A herd. Once we concede to the herd mentality, we can be controlled and directed by a tiny few. And we are.” HumansRaceConsciousnessEternalUniqueAspectTinyHuman RaceConformityControlledInfinityMentalityHerdsUniformityHerd Mentality Author:David Icke
“Transcendental meditation is like a car, a vehicle that allows you to go within. It's a mental technique. You're given a mantra - the mantra that Maharishi gives is very specific, and you start to dive into subtler levels of mind, subtler levels of intellect. You transcend the whole show, into pure bliss consciousness. From your first meditation, you say, "Whoa!" It's a unique experience, but a familiar experience.” GivingMindConsciousnessMeditationCarUniqueIntellectFamiliarBlissVehicleTranscendental Author:David Lynch