The hard problem of consciousness is the problem of experience. Why should physical processing give rise to an inner life at all?

Consciousness is not a thing, but a process. It is the brain's way of making sense of itself.

We are not thinking machines that feel; we are feeling machines that think.

Consciousness is the surface of the mental ocean, while the unconscious mind is the vast depths below.

The universe has awakened in us. Through human consciousness, the cosmos has become aware of itself.

Consciousness is that which is left over when you have eliminated everything else. It is the ground of all being.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

The mind is what the brain does. Consciousness is what the mind experiences.

Consciousness is the great unasked question in biology. We know we have it, but we don't know why or how.

Your consciousness is not in your head. Your head is in your consciousness.

The stream of consciousness flows, but who stands on the bank watching it flow?

Consciousness is the light that illuminates reality. Without it, the universe would exist, but it wouldn't matter.

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

Consciousness is the only reality we can be certain of. Everything else is inference.

The mystery of consciousness is not that it exists, but that it exists at all. Why isn't all this processing going on in the dark?

Consciousness is the space in which thoughts arise, not the thoughts themselves.

We are not the content of consciousness; we are consciousness itself.

The brain did not create consciousness; rather, consciousness created the brain as its physical instrument.

Consciousness is the fundamental fact of existence. Matter and energy are its manifestations.

There is nothing in the physical world that explains why certain physical processes are accompanied by conscious experience.

Consciousness is the theater of your mind, but who is watching the play?

The self is not a thing but a process - a constantly changing pattern of consciousness.

Consciousness is the greatest miracle in the universe, and we carry it with us every moment of our lives.

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

Consciousness is not located in space. It is not in the brain; rather, the brain is in consciousness.