“That is my morality or my metaphysics or me myself: a passer-by in everything, even my own soul. I belong to nothing, I desire nothing, I am nothing except an abstract centre of impersonal sensations, a sentient mirror fallen from the wall but still turned to reflect the diversity of the world.” WorldStillsSoulDesireMy OwnWallMoralityDiversityMirrorsFallenAbstractSensationsMetaphysicsCentre Author:Fernando Pessoa
“We demand to be coaxed and comforted, to be encouraged and gratified, so we choose a teacher who will give us what we crave for. We do not search out reality, but go after gratification and sensation.” GivingRealityDesireTeacherDemandSensationsCraveGratificationBe Encouraged Book:Commentaries on Living 2 Source: Commentaries on Living 2
“it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.” MenWellsHappensDesireDiesStageMilitaryBearsDignityConvincedConquerSensations Book:Savrola: a tale of the revolution in Laurania Source: Savrola: a tale of the revolution in Laurania
“The conscious mind is a maelstrom of fleeting thoughts, images, sensations, feelings, conflicting desires, and doubts; barely able to confine its attention to a single clear objective for a microsecond before secondary thoughts begin to adulterate it and provoke yet further trains of mental discourse. If you do not believe this, then attempt to confine your conscious attention to the dot at the end of this sentence without involving yourself in any other form of thinking, including thinking about the dot.” IfsThinkingMindBelieveEndsFeelingsAbleFormDesireAttentionClearDoubtConsciousTrainIncludingSentencesObjectivesSensationsProvokingDiscourseFleetingInvolvingDotsConscious MindMaelstrom Author:Peter J. Carroll
“The virtue of a faculty is related to the special function which that faculty performs. Now there are three elements in the soul which control action and the attainment of truth: namely, Sensation, Intellect, and Desire. Of these, Sensation never originates action, as is shown by the fact that animals have sensation but are not capable of action.” SoulFactsActionDesireThreeAnimalVirtueSpecialElementsCapableFunctionIntellectRelatedFacultySensationsAttainment Book:The Nicomachean ethics Source: The Nicomachean ethics