Quotes About Awareness

To be strong in the Force is one thing. But to believe oneself to be all-powerful is to invite catastrophe. Remember, that even in the ethereal realm we inhabit, the unforeseen can occur.

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by; but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

The tragedy of a man who has found himself out.

There is a difference between seeking to know things for the sake of knowledge itself and being willing to undergo renunciation to be possessed by the truth.

The role of biblical counselors is facilitate the discovery of a greater God awareness through spiritual eyes that look at life through scriptural lenses.

So often, it's others around us who can see where God wants to grow us even before we see it ourselves.

You don't get to a better place with God until you recognize that where you are is not as good.

When we experience God for who He really is, we suddenly see ourselves for who we are.

I experience transcendence when something infinite reminds me I am finite.

You would think that the more a man knows and loves God, the deeper he gets into understanding His Word, and the further he progresses in personal holiness, the better he would be at being a watchful man,

The counselee should be aware that you are not God. Better yet, she should be aware that you are aware that you are not God.

Reality is God-centered and all human beings are worshipers, whether or not they are conscious of this reality and its implications.

Revival begins here: with a profound awareness of God's absolute holiness, our absolute sinfulness, and our complete inability to bridge the divide that separates us.

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.

Noticing helps you realize that your life is already suffused with the presence of God. Once you begin to look around and allow yourself to take a chance to believe in God, you will easily see God at work in your life.

the beginning of the path to finding God is awareness. Not simply awareness of the ways that you can find God, but an awareness that God desires to find you.

Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self. —Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation

being present." Once you are present to what you are saying, you express it differently, and as a result it sounds different

Occasionally during prayer, when I catch myself daydreaming, I say to myself, "You're speaking with God! Pay attention!

examen." Essentially a review of the day, it helps you see where God is active in your daily life.

Then, when you sit in the chair, you're reminded, often in a surprising way, that God is gazing upon you and is with you in your prayer.

If asked to define Ignatian spirituality, the first thing out of their mouths would most likely be finding God in all things.

As my sister tells her children, "You have two ears and one mouth for a reason: listening is more important than talking.