Quotes About Awareness

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked.   Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

A purpose, I have learned, is rarely found, but revealed. Only when I do not search does the purpose become clear.

That was the problem with crowing too loudly. You gave away your position and made yourself vulnerable.

Only when I do not search does the purpose become clear.

Holy people are those who realize that they participate in something and Someone infinitely greater than themselves, that they are but fragments of Reality," he says. "Far from crushing them, this awareness makes them great, capacious, whole.

We may feel good about our words our intentions and our motivation may be pure but our message probably will be lost or misunderstood if we overlook how others are going to perceive what we say.

The use of tact is always needful but it is especially necessary when speaking a truth that may strike a sensitive nerve in another.

I have come to believe that mankind eternally hovers on the brinks of secret oceans of which it knows nothing.

But when the next time approached for the full moon, I began to be aware of a strange, malicious influence. An atmosphere of horror hovered in the air and I was aware of inexplicable, uncanny impulses.

Yet again the fiends came after the years of forgetfulness had gone by–for man is still an ape in that he forgets what is not ever before his eyes.

You must be careful how you walk, and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.

It is always better to live with reality, because otherwise, without fail, reality will come to live with you. —The Aghori Vimalananda

Whenever you employ your ego to identify yourself as the doer of an action, that action becomes a karma for you.

It is not dying but deadness we should fear.

Experienced cave divers are fond of pointing out to the public that caves do not kill divers, divers do.

I did not lie awake at night worrying about the problems of Negroes.

It is the curse of the powerful to be blind to their own faults.

Only a daily renewed astonishment at things as they are can save us from the idols; it is our love of real processes and actual beings that keeps us sane.

Oh, perdona!- dijo el caballero, moviendo rápidamente la pierna para que la ardilla pudiera recuperar su cola. -Espero no haberte hecho daño. No veo muy bien con esta visera en mi camino. -No lo dudo- replico la ardilla sin ningún resentimiento en la voz. -Por eso siempre estáis pidiendo disculpa a la gente por haberles hecho daño.

Queréis decir que no hay diferencia entre estar despierta o dormida? ?Básicamente, no, pues siempre estamos en un estado de aprendizaje. Creemos que soñar dormidos es diferente porque a menudo esos sueños nos proporcionan mensajes y símbolos que no son comprensibles. Pero, considerad vuestro estado de vigilia, ¿no os encontráis con frecuencia envuelta en sucesos que no son comprensibles? ?le contestó Merlín.

La gente siempre me busca para que interprete sus sueños nocturnos. Si interpretasen también sus sueños de vigilia habría menos confusión en sus sueños nocturnos y serían capaces de entenderlos.

Cómo llegasteis a ser tan sabio? ?Admitiendo que no sé nada ?contestó Merlín. ?No lo entiendo ?dijo el Caballero. ?Cuando creemos que lo sabemos todo, no nos queda lugar para aprender nada más. Pero si sabemos que no sabemos nada, tenemos espacio para aprenderlo todo ?le explicó Merlín.

Queréis decir que una persona no puede cambiar si se juzga a sí misma o a los demás? ?preguntó el Caballero. Merlín asintió: ?Exactamente. Si juzga a otro, uno no se permite a sí mismo ver el cambio que experimenta.

I am one who believes that we are, in fact, engaged in a worldwide war against terrorism. We must have the serenity to accept the fact that war is not going to go away if we ignore it.