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Awareness Quotes


"Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost."


"Come on, let your silly egotistical self be gone! And then only THAT WHICH IS will be shown."


"When a human being becomes so still that they begin to lose awareness of their gender, and they are simply looking into that abyss where there is no notion of self whatsoever, the world disappears. And that's really the only place to go. It's the only place to remain."


"One of the saddest things I hear as I travel is "I don't know enough to be a feminist." Or even "I'm not smart enough to be a feminist." It breaks my heart."


"Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness."


"Sometimes the heart can hear what the ears do not."


"I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced."


"Thorne cleared his throat. "We need to get back to the house. We've already risked drawing enough attention, and she..." He looked at Winter. There was an edge to his expression, like he didn't trust anyone who was more attractive than he was. "...will definitely draw attention."


"But imagine for a moment if we once again knew, strictly as a matter of course, these few unremarkable things: What it is we're eating. Where it came from. How it found its way to our table. And what, in a true accounting, it really cost."


"There is a difference between perspective and perception. Perspective is a personal idea about certain events, based on the impressions, experiences or information available to the mind, while the perception is a momentary thought about the situation, event or people, purely based on the past experience or impressions."


"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."


"The singular reason for calamities, destructions, failures and devastations is seen in ignorance of Gods people."


"We scarcely know how much of our pleasure and interest in life comes to us through our eyes until we have to do without them, and part of that pleasure is that the eyes can choose where to look. But the ears can't choose where to listen."


"I see nobody on the road,' said Alice'I only wish I had such eyes,' The King remarked in a fretful tone. 'To be able to see Nobody! And at that distance too! Why it's as much as I can do to see real people, by this light!"


"We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us."


"If you can devote yourself to your favorite occupation without getting money for it, but in order to discover your potential, then you will find out who you are."


"The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony."


"The most basic precept of all is to be aware of what we do, what we are, each minute . Every other precept will follow from that."


"It's time for everybody to start becoming conscious of their conscience."



"People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man."


"Your opinion should always be based on what you have seen with your own eyes, what you have heard with your own ears and what you have felt with your own heart."


"It is an unnecessary burden to make negative judgmental assumptions about others. We are all on a journey."


"Shift your consciousness to a higher consciousness to see the beauty and joy all around you. Immerse yourself in beauty and will see everyone will be eager to join you."


"When the reality is no different than a beautiful dream, stick tightly to that reality!"


"The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes."


"Toxic people will pollute everything around them. Don't hesitate. Fumigate."



"When is one considered to be in the awareness of 'one's own Self'? It is when all the desires become mild (when desires lessens)."


"There seems to be a direct correlation between the spike in suicides by young people and the increase in cyberbullying amongst young people."


"Everybody comes with prejudices, colored glasses on their eyes. Then they see everything colored according to their glasses. Yes, a few people come just like you, unprejudiced, without any idea gathered from yellow journalism."


"I remember what Old Joe Hun said when arguing with Adrian: that mental states can be inferred from actions. That's in history-Henry VIII and all that. Whereas in the private life, I think the converse is true: that you can infer past actions from current mental states."


"When you have any sort of intense emotional reaction, you have a choice: look for proof that you should feel it even deeper or look for the thought process that is triggering the emotion. One takes you on a downwards spiral, while the other upwards. One breeds toxic patterns, the other awareness. The choice is yours."


"You might consider how to escape from a cage must surely require, foremost, awareness of the fact of the cage."


"When you speak and your words fall on deaf ears, know that the universe listens."


"My charge to you and to anyone else who desire greatness is that you should not trivialize time."


"He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin."


"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle."


"Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream."


"I don't know if this deception qualified as a half-step down the slippery slope. I had no sensation of sliding. But of course we never notice the descent until we're rocketing along at high velocity."
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