Quotes About Awareness

What one reads, or rather all that comes to us, is surely only of interest and value in proportion as we find ourselves therein, -- form given to what was vague, what slumbered stirred to life.

For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot of life. The writing has been really a byproduct of that.

The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

My life sucks when I'm only half-aware of it. If I quit drinking and saw what it's really like, I'd probably jump off a bridge.

The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their fangs drawn - they are dangerous because of the way they interpret what's going on.

To be a standard shape is not all in life. To know is also important.

Thinking about death... clarifies your life!

I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?

If you allow yourself to fully feel the life you're in - not conceptually, but viscerally in the present moment - then that is inherently meaningful.

I feel that it's important to fail now and again. For instance, if I go for a job and I don't get it, that makes me not a better person, but more balanced, more aware of what life is really like.

Kill the cow of your ego as quickly as you can, so that your inner spirit can come to life and attain true awareness.

Life is not lived in hours, days, or years, but in moments.

I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.

Mindful that it's running out, I am determined to have the time of my life.

It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.

Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore.

Sounds of daily life are musical. I try to absorb the intricacies of sounds as if I were listening to music.

I've practiced meditation most of my life. It's better than lying around doing nothing.

You can't really divorce yourself and your life from the world you live in.

As long as one accepts "time" tacitly as such he is dreaming a dream, not living a life.

Breathing will change your life! Breathing is the most important thing you will ever do.

No matter what the situation is...close your eyes and think of all the things you could be grateful for in your life right now.