#conscious

I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#against #ancestors #because #becomes #boots

I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather emerging into higher and higher levels of consciousness and higher and higher levels of complication. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#charles #complication #consciousness #created #darwin

I don't really like to play live. I don't like to be on stage. I feel very self-conscious. ↗

— Peter Steele

#i #i feel #like #live #play

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#conscious mind #mind #repetition #subconscious #subconscious mind

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#because #bit #book #built-in #comic

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country. ↗

— Tim Robbins

#consciousness #conservative #country #economically #great

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably. ↗

— Kim Stanley Robinson

#conscious #earth #given #highly #make

The first six years of my career, I got more comments on my weight than on my singing. So I think I became so self-conscious that I started working on it harder. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

#career #comments #first #got #harder

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#fortunately #interpreter #often #soul #still

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. ↗

— Joyce Brothers

#away #based #below #conscious #facts