Quotes About Awareness

It is wrong to say: I think. One should say: I am thought.

It seemed to her as if it had been an unpleasant day. She went over the actual events in her mind, and was astonished to find that, after all, the day had been like many hundreds before it and many, many more that were yet to come.

We all act parts, and wise is he who knows it.

Every man takes the limits of his field of vision for the limits of the world.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

Consciousness is not wholly, nor even primarily a device for receiving sense-impressions.

If in a community of the blind one man suddenly received the gift of sight, he would have much to tell which would not be at all scientific.

Consciousness is not sharply defined, but fades into sub-consciousness; and beyond that we must postulate something indefinite but yet continuous with our mental nature. This I take it be the world-stuff.

Poetry has a crucial role to play in our lives, society, and the world. It helps us slow down, hear clearly, see deeply, and envision what matters most in our lives."—Arthur Sze

The call to abandon illusions is a call to abandon a condition which requires illusions.

The God of Scripture can only be known by those to whom He makes Himself known

To countless thousands, even among those professing to be Christians, the God of the Scriptures is quite unknown.

How solemn is this fact: nothing can be concealed from God!

Os dois companheiros constataram filosoficamente que cada dia da vida das pessoas era, sem excepção, o primeiro dia do resto das suas vidas, embora todos estivessem geralmente demasiado atarefados para pensar nisso.

Le cimetière se trouvait à six cents mètres de son extrémité, mais le bruit des avions ne dérangerait guère les défunts — pour ce que peuvent en savoir des vivants n'ayant encore aucune expérience personnelle de la question.

Les deux camarades constatèrent en philosophes que chaque jour était sans exception le premier du temps qui restait à vivre à chacun même si l'on était en général trop occupé pour y penser

despite my youth I already suspected that it did no harm to keep my ears open. Just the opposite. In life, danger lies not in not knowing, but in revealing that you do: It is always good to have a sense of the music before the dance begins.

Bien mirado, el mundo ha dejado de pensar en la muerte. Creer que no vamos a morir nos hace débiles, y peores.

En el Génesis, el diablo en forma de serpiente consigue que el hombre deje de ser un alienado estúpido y adquiera conciencia y albedrío, lucidez... Con el dolor y la incertidumbre que ese conocimiento y esa libertad implican.

En la vida lo malo no es conocer, sino mostrar que se conoce

A fin de cuentas, por mucho que nuble, la sombra siempre termina despuntando cosida a los pies de uno. Y nadie puede escapar de su propia sobra.

Pocas cosas hay tan trágicas en la vida como descubrir algo a destiempo