Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. Votes: 4
Christian Nestell BoveeHuman self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens. Votes: 1
Pope FrancisSelf-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good. Votes: 1
Joe DempsieI just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness. Votes: 1
Ira GlassI do have, at different times, a certain kind of self-consciousness in the world, an insecurity. Votes: 1
Charlie KaufmanIt's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive! Votes: 0
Alison BechdelRunning is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-reliance. Votes: 0
Noel CarrollSelf-consciousness is not knowledge but a story one tells about oneself. Votes: 0
Simone de BeauvoirHistory is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind. Votes: 0
Johann Gustav DroysenSelf-consciousness is the curse of the city and all that sophistication implies. Votes: 0
Annie DillardIn prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender Votes: 0
Abraham Joshua HeschelMy own self-consciousness cries out to me coldly: how does one love zero? Votes: 0
Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-AdamThe only self-consciousness in the film [Dream of Life] is anyone's natural shyness. Votes: 0
Steven SebringRobots may gradually attain a degree of 'self-awareness' and consciousness of their own. Votes: 0
Michio KakuDo things for others and you'll find your self-consciousness evaporating like morning dew. Votes: 0
Dale CarnegiePhilosophy is the self-correction by consciousness of its own initial excess of subjectivity. Votes: 0
Alfred North Whitehead... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness Votes: 0
J. W. N. SullivanWhen self-consciousness stops, there is nothing -nothing left to stop, start, begin or end. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellFree will and consciousness is an illusion, and the self is a complex of memes. Votes: 0
Susan BlackmoreIn connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness. Votes: 0
Margaret DelandThe consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. Votes: 0
Bruce LeeThe best thing about bugs is their lack of self consciousness, also the ability to fly doesn't hurt. Votes: 0
Dov DavidoffCall it by any name, God, Self, the Heart, or the Seat of Consciousness, it is all the same. Votes: 0
Ramana Maharshi