Quotes About Observation

Very often the quiet fellow has said all he knows

Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system.

Silence often expresses 'more powerfully than speech the verdict and judgment of society.

You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom.

Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.

The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.

I have seen more men than usual, lately; and, well as I was acquainted with one, I am surprised to find what vulgar fellows they are.

for me the novel is a social vehicle, it reflects society.

I love pop music because you can really see what's currently happening in society.

The astronomical community need to start acknowledging jet aircraft contrails to be the problem that they really are!

Awareness is the greatest agent for change.

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.

One of the first things which a physician says to his patient is, ~Let me see your tongue.~ A spiritual advisor might often do the same.

Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice.

What you are looking for is what you are looking with.

The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.

True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without the intervention of a choice.

The wise Christian will learn from the spiritual blunders of others.

I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being.

Witness state is not a mental state, it is a state of a spiritual ascent where you become a witness. Best way to practice witness state is not to criticize anyone.

Seeing' as you travel is somewhat of a spiritual exercise: a process not of seeking interesting surroundings, but of being continually interested in whatever surrounds you.

All that is observable in a man-that is to say his actions and such of his spiritual existence as can be deduced from his actions-falls into the domain of history.