# Quote — Sam Harris, Waking Up

> The feeling that we call "I" seems to define our point of view in every moment, and it also provides an anchor for popular beliefs about souls and freedom of will. And yet this feeling, however imperturbable it may appear at present, can be altered, interrupted, or entirely abolished.

- Author: [Sam Harris](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sam-harris.md)
- Book: [Waking Up](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sam-harris/waking-up.md)
- Page: 83
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sam_Harris#Waking_Up_(2014)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sam-harris/waking-up/the-feeling-that

## More from this book

> Happiness and suffering, however extreme, are mental events. The mind depends upon the body, and the body upon the world, but everything good or bad that happens in your life must appear in consciousness to matter. This fact offers ample opportunity to make the best of bad situations—changing your perception of the world is often as good as changing the world—but it also allows a person to be miserable even when all the material and social conditions for happiness have been met. During the normal course of events, your mind will determine the quality of your life.

p. 204 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sam-harris/waking-up/happiness-and-suffering.md)

> Consciousness is the one thing in this universe that cannot be an illusion.

p. 54 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sam-harris/waking-up/consciousness-is-the.md)

> The conventional sense of self is an illusion—and [] spirituality largely consists in realizing this, moment to moment. There are logical and scientific reasons to accept this claim, but recognizing it to be true is not a matter of understanding these reasons. Like many illusions, the sense of self disappears when closely examined, and this is done through the practice of meditation.

p. 82 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sam-harris/waking-up/the-conventional-sense.md)