„paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness“

— John Lennon

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„It wasn't money or love that I was looking for. I had a heightened sense of awareness, was set in my ways, impractical and a visionary to boot. My mind was strong like a trap and I didn't need any guarantee of validity.“
— Bob Dylan
„When the mind maintains awareness, yet does not mingle with the senses, nor the senses with sense impressions, then self-awareness blossoms.“
— Patañjali
„I mean, say that you figure that everything is senseless, then it can't be quite senseless because you are aware that it's senseless and your awareness of senselessness almost gives it sense. Youknow what I mean?“
— Charles Bukowski
„A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.“
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky