Quotes About Awareness

I believe our education system as a whole has not integrated the histories of all people into our education system, just the Eurocentric view of itself, and the White-centered view of African Americans, and even this is slim to nonexistent. What I find is that most people don't know the fact they don't know, because of the complete lack of information.

Since I am never alone with myself. Since I am always watching the character playing my part in the scene, there is no possibility of spontaneity.

Lou, honey, I'll buy you a new pair of shoes if you'll stop flashing your panties at everyone sitting across the room from us. You are wearing panties, right?" I glance up and across at Stefan. His words register a moment later and my head swivels toward the other side of the room. There are a number of people staring at me. One of them is Detective Terry Shay. Or I think it is. He's not looking directly at me. He's looking up my skirt

To see a spiderweb was a matter of awareness. You noticed that you shared a space with the creature. You had a choice to leave it alone, destroy it, or engage with it.

Death is much like an alarm clock except there is never a snooze button to give you just a moment more, before you really have to wake.

Whenever you see the words "fat free" or "low-fat," think of the words "chemical shit storm.

My feet beat out a steady muffled rhythm. My thoughts participated in each step, never getting ahead of me.

L'acte le plus révolutionnaire est une vision claire du monde tel qu'il est réellement

Those who do not move, do not feel their chains.

Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.

The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.

Don't forget, as busy as you may be, to quickly raise your head and cast a glance at those great silver clouds and that silent blue ocean in which they are swimming...take notice of the resplendence and glory that overlie this day...because this day will never, ever come again! This day is a gift to you like a rose in full bloom, lying at your feet, waiting for you to pick it up and press it to your lips.

Democracy is indispensable to the working class, because only through the exercise of its democratic rights, in the struggle for democracy, can the proletariat become aware of its class interests and its historic task.

People for the most part pass by the loveliest things in life without paying attention.

Take notice of the resplendence and glory that overlie this day, because this day will never, ever come again! This day is a gift to you like a rose in full bloom, lying at your feet, waiting for you to pick it up and put it to your lips.

Quien no se mueve no siente sus cadenas

Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.

To ensure gender-fairness, ask yourself: Would I write the same thing in the same way about a person of the other sex? Would I mind if this were said of me? If you are describing the behavior of children on the playground, to be gender-fair you will refer to girls and boys an approximately equal number of times, and you will carefully observe what the children do, and not just assume

Women are the greatest wronged and still-suffering majority in the history of the world, and we can never say that loudly or long enough.

Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran.

Our children aren't stupid, and they're not naive. They see when adults around them act hypocritically. They see what we value and believe by our actions, not our words.

we often make the mistake of believing that if a boy doesn't come to us with problems, then he doesn't have them.

It is to be present to the way things are, including our feelings about the way things are. This practice can help us clarify the next step that will take us in the direction we say we want to go.