Quotes About Awareness

Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form inself on the edge of consciousness.

Time passed again. I don't know how long. I had no watch. They don't make that kind of time in watches anyway.

The minutes went by on tiptoe, with their fingers to their lips.

So is he gonna wake up from that nap yet or what?

Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form itself on the edge of consciousness.

It's not his step, it's the back of his lap he ought to watch, I said.

I sat very still and listened to the evening grow quiet outside the open windows. And very slowly I grew quiet with it.

poisoned myself with cigarette smoke

I looked at my watch, put my pipe in an ashtray, and then had to look at my watch again to see what time it was

It is something only a few know in their lives. It is a vision of something so clear, so true, it can only be a madness. You see what life is worth, and you know what death means.

Find where the sound ends and silence begins. Then exist in that moment, for there will you find your secret centre of being, the perfect place of peace within yourself.

No matter how canny you think you are, something can come along, bam, and put you on your prat.

Knowing what things are not is often as important as knowing what they are.

People most often don't see what is right before them.

What is life for?' he asked rhetorically. 'It's a way to evolve thought. And what is thought for? It's a way to be aware, a stage between the physical and the spiritual. And time? it's a good way to keep things separated.

Most of us move through life with little chance to learn much about ourselves. We know some things we like and some things we dislike, we have a few ideas about what makes us happy, and we die in ignorance regarding anything profound within ourselves.

he reminded himself as he turned another corner — glancing automatically into the shadows to see if anyone lurked there — the deed was the thing, not the praise.

You learn something new every day, if you just stop to pay attention.

people who took things for granted in these situations were called corpses.

Znati svoje želje, i spoznati tren njihovog ostvarenja, znaci su velike mudrosti.

Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when 'tis achieved

I wonder if those who live here get used to this beauty." "Undoubtedly, Magnificence. It is the nature of man to become oblivious to that which is around him daily

When you're at an inn and someone in the room above kicks off a boot before going to bed, you hear the first one hit the floor and you wait until you hear the second before your mind can return fully to what it was doing before.

The wise man strives for awareness. What will happen will happen, and worry will not serve, but anticipation might provide survival.