Quotes About Awareness

When you grow up in one town and your life revolves around it, you are very aware of any darkness on the edge of town. That's because it's scary and it's inviting.

What about life, Ninotchka? Do Russians never think about life, of the moment in which we are living? It's the only moment we ever really have.

Reality is always greater - much greater - than what we know, than whatever we can say about it.

The one of the great sadnesses of any life is knowing what you know now and then remembering what you did not know then.

To eat with a fuller consciousness of all that is at stake might sound like a burden, but in practice few things in life afford quite as much satisfaction.

I see several animals that live so entire and perfect a life, some without sight, others without hearing: who knows whether to us also one, two, or three, or many other senses, may not be wanting?

little life lesson 23: before making a snide comment about someone else's outfit, check to see if you're wearing knee boots with fringe. if you answer yes, drop it. just do.

The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go.

If you can find one thing in your life that can keep you in the moment, you're totally lucky.

I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again; You will bite your tongue, careful or not, Upon the already-bitten spot.

To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

[The most important factor in making a good picture is] to know who or what you are photographing. It is not about photography; it should be about life.

We come into the world whole, all of us, but we don't know that, don't know that life will be taking large chunks out of us, forever.

Oh! how the hours hasten to change into days, the days into months, the months into years, and those into life's annihilation!

Once you start to question your life you get to a higher level of awareness. It's like turning a light on-voila you see you have choices and choices are sacred.

I've got a fantastic life. I enjoy what I do for a living. I see the blessings; I'm not blind.

The present is burdened too much with the past. We have not time, in our earthly existence, to appreciate what is warm with life, and immediately around us.

All of life is an announcement of who we are. The only question is whether this proclamation will be made by choice or by chance.

You are living in a dream of your own creation. Let it be the dream of a lifetime, for that is exactly what it is.

In modern times, if the sole measure of what's out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you.

To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.

With a practice, we can always remain alive in the present moment. With mindfulness, you can establish yourself in the present in order to touch the wonders of life that are available in that moment.

Our appointment with life is in the present moment. If we do not have peace and joy right now, when will we have peace and joy?

Buddhism has to do with your daily life, with your suffering and with the suffering of the people around you.