C. S. Lewis Quotes

We have been so blinded by thinking and feeling that we have never seen the World.

How do you know, right now, that you are aware of being aware, or conscious?

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.

When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.

Ordinary mind includes eternal perceptions. Notice what you notice. Observe what's vivid. Catch yourself thinking. Vividness is self-selecting. And remember the future.

When you listen to a thought, you are aware not only of the thought but also of yourself as the witness of the thought. A new dimension of consciousness has come in.

Being aware in the moment of right now is just the most important thing. All of our issues come from us not being aware enough or not seeing through our problems to the depths of the issues.

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in Tiffany's case, there were sometimes Third Thoughts and Fourth Thoughts although these...sometimes led her to walk into doors.

Beauty can never really understand itself.

You know more about me than I do about myself, that's probably true.

Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

Analysis brings no curative powers in its train; it merely makes us conscious of the existence of an evil, which, oddly enough, is consciousness.

One must always be aware, to notice even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

There's a constant drip and trickle of life that goes into one's awareness really and consciousness of things.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.