Quotes About Realization

Christ would awaken in every man the consciousness of the priceless worth of his soul, and would have him realise in his own person God's idea of manhood.

Eureka! [I have found it!]

I felt like I'd just discovered my last big glass of milk had actually come from a bull.

Well…Shit." They were, as last words go, not terribly inspired. But

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. —FR. ALFRED D'SOUZA

Your true self is not necessarily the self you wish you could be; it is the self you actually are.

It hit me then. Hard. The actual driver I'd hired had been in the trunk the entire time.

I think I underestimated you," Keane said. And there it was. The light bulb had come on in his head and he was staring at me. I'd messed up. Arrogance was always my worst enemy.

If it can happen in your mind, it can happen in your camera

We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours.

n idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.

Consciousness of self— the general realization that I exist independently of the circumstances of the moment—marks man's first great effort of abstraction; the detachment of the various spiritual activities from their function in the totality of his life and the unity of his world view is a second abstraction.

On doing another talk show It would be like going back to a relationship. Ever do that You go out with a girl you used to date, she looks so damn good, and then at a certain point you say, Boy, now I remember. I know why I left

I was beginning to realize that zazen was not a cure-all. People who attain a certain degree of understanding of zazen begin to understand zazen, period. I had to remind myself not to expect Joko to be equipped to advise me how to live my life or to decide important ethical questions such as the proper stance of religion toward war.

In Acharya's words, "The moment you realize the Self, you know that you are the Self, you are not the body. You know that you are the infinite Truth. That recognition, that realization is sannyasa.

A Middle Way shunned both ascetic extremism and sensuous indulgence, because both are attachments and thus lead to dissatisfaction. At the moment of this realization, Siddhartha became the Buddha.

Passion and kindness are the most attractive qualities. Sense of humour is up there, but kindness becomes more important as you get older. You realise the funny, charming ones aren't always the best people.

'Superunknown,' maybe more than most albums, didn't reveal itself to be what it was until the very end - literally until we were three quarters of the way through mixing it.

I watched Hiddink and Ferguson at close quarters, and I realized that I am not a coach.

I don't think I knew Ru was a drag queen when I would see her in 'The Brady Bunch Movie.'

I've known I was gay since I was young, I think. And I mean young - like, young - like 5 or 6. I think most gay people or queer people know there's something different about them very early, but I didn't know what to call it.

You don't appreciate what you have when it all comes to you real quick. I went from nothing to everything all at once.

I bombed the LSAT and quickly discovered that law school wasn't for me.