Quotes About Awareness

The more I learn, the less I know: the less I know, the less I understand: the less I understand, the less I can relate; I know you're crazy.

The 'well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the 'well-amused audience'.

In the stress and strain of life today, with space rockets zooming, loudspeakers thundering in our ears, and a lot of other sounds, the voice of your subconscious goes unnoticed.

The only reality you can be sure about is in your own perceptions. If the universe exists, it exists inside your own mind and the minds of others.

Today brands are born, not made. A new brand must be capable of generating favorable publicity in the media or it won't have a chance in the marketplace.

nous n'avons aucune puissance sur les passions tant que nous n'en connaissons pas les vraies causes

If you aren't completely appalled, then you haven't been paying attention.

Don't inhibit your hearing. Auditory cues can be early warning signs. You can hear gun shots even when you can't see the gunman. Sit in places that offer the best visibility of exits and others. Watch people for cues and indicators that they may be up to no good. Trust your intuition. That "gut" feeling is there for a reason, and you need to pay attention to it.

When you look at the Moon, you think, "I'm really small. What are my problems?" It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often.

We are all more intelligent than we are capable, and awareness of the insanity of love has never saved anyone from the disease.

It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.

I don't like to go over curbs, because I don't want to be hard on the car.

Anesthetized by youth, I missed it.

I hope they'll pay attention not so much to the mechanical things, like a sudden change of pace in a talk or a sudden change in volume of their voice. I hope they'll pay attention, instead, to the fundamental source of that pacing and volume, which is the connection with the other person. That connection makes us respond like a leaf in the breeze to whatever is happening in the faces of those in front of us.

When you're with someone, try labeling … is Jack upset? Is Jane excited? … It'll change how you hear what they're saying.

In fact, it's not until about the age of four or five that it even occurs to children that deception is possible. There's no point in lying if everybody knows what you're thinking!

We were developing empathy and the ability to be aware of what was happening in the mind of another person. This, we realized, is the key, the fundamental ingredient without which real communication can't happen. Developing empathy and learning to recognize what the other person is thinking are both essential to good communication, and are what this book is about.

If I'm trying to explain something and you don't follow me, it's not simply your job to catch up. It's my job to slow down. This is at the heart of communicating: If I tell you something without making sure you got it, did I really communicate anything? Was I talking to you, or was I just making noises? In the mirror exercise, is the leader enabling the follower to follow, or is he just waving his arms?

It's being so aware of the other person that, even if you have your back to them, you're observing them. It's letting everything about them affect you; not just their words, but also their tone of voice, their body language, even subtle things like where they're standing in the room or how they occupy a chair. Relating is letting all that seep into you and have an effect on how you respond to the other person.

You picture an audience and think, What are they already aware of? Where should I start? How deep should I go? What are they actually eager to know? If I start too far in, will I be using concepts they don't really understand?

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.

Communication doesn't take place because you tell somebody something. It takes place when you observe them closely and track their ability to follow you. Like

Well, if you listen, Piglet, you'll hear it." "How do you know I'm not listening?" Pooh couldn't answer that one, so he began to sing.

I haven't seen anybody to-day," said Pooh, "not so as to say 'Hallo, Small!' to. Did you want him for anything?" "I don't want him," said Rabbit. "But it's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't.