Noun
The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.
Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.
Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. Laozi
Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind. Patañjali
A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no effort of recollection is able to call it back again into consciousness. Hermann Ebbinghaus
There is no birth of consciousness without pain. Carl Jung
The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people. Norman Mailer
True teaching is not accumulation of knowledge, it is an awakening of consciousness. African Proverb