Quotes about Consciousness
That dreadful consciousness of a narrow and limiting I-hood which dogs our search for freedom and full life, is done away. For a moment, at least, the independent spiritual life is achieved. The contemplative is merged in it "like a bird in the air, like a fish in the sea": loses to find and dies to live.
— Evelyn Underhill
The Scripture says, "What is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" (James 4:14). Even the cynical and secular at times think deeply about life and eternity. I am convinced that if people gave more thought to death, eternity, and judgment, there would be more holy living and a greater consciousness of God.
— Billy Graham
Most people are living for today with barely a thought of eternity.
— Billy Graham
I have met men who are habitual liars. They have lied so long that they no longer can distinguish between the truth and a lie. Their sensitivity to sin has been almost completely deadened.
— Billy Graham
The Bible teaches that whether we are saved or lost, there is conscious and everlasting existence of the soul and personality.
— Billy Graham
It is far easier to live an excellent life among your friends, when you are putting your best foot forward and are conscious of public opinion, than it is to live for Christ in your home.
— Billy Graham
Part of the human makeup which distinguishes man from other creatures is his ability to reason and make moral decisions. Man is a free moral agent.
— Billy Graham
Our ability to sense reality is limited.
— Billy Graham
We should say nothing that we would not wish to say in His Presence. We should do nothing that we would not do in His Presence.
— Billy Graham
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery None but ourselves can free our minds Have no fear for atomic energy 'cause none of them can stop the time.
— Bob Marley
My home is in my head.
— Bob Marley
A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?
— Stephen Hawking