“all life is conscious, but it is not conscious of being conscious”
“Become conscious of being conscious.”
“Consciousness is a being the nature of which is to be conscious of the nothingness of its being.”
“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”
“If nothing exists, there can be no consciousness, a consciousness with nothing to be conscious of is a contradiction in terms. A consciousness conscious of nothing but itself is a contradiction in terms: before it could identify itself as consciousness, it had to be conscious of something. If that which you claim to perceive does not exist, what you possess is not consciousness.”
“Consciously, sir, consciously," Yossarian corrected in an effort to help. "I hate them consciously.”