Quotes About Awareness

One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't want to rob them of their candor and innocence.

I was uncomfortable with smoking too much because a lot of young kids watch and I didn't want to make that cool.

Children are paparazzi. They take your picture with their minds when you don't want them to see you at your worst. Trust me, they SEE and HEAR everything.

If you are complaining you can't be thinking about or creating what you do want.

You can't make people listen to you. People only hear what they want to hear.

So the unwanting soul sees what's hidden, and the ever-wanting soul sees only what it wants.

What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is an issue.

Feeling is the language of the soul. If you want to know what's true for you about something, look to how you're feeling about it.

Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go.

Sometimes we are so busy putting everyone else first... we lose sight of who we really are and what we want.

You are dreaming your thirst when the water you want is inside the big vein on your neck.

We're letting [technology] take us places that we don't want to go.

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

I find it difficult to breathe when l'm in the space. There seems to be no oxygen. I want to put people into a situation where they're sensitive to themselves watching the piece.

When you're dealing with something sensitive, which is about culture, and its effect on a generation, you don't want any stones not to be turned over.

Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.

I don't want Him to return and find me sitting in a theater.

I care because I want you to care about me. I care because I have become aware of my absolute dependency upon you, whoever you are, for the outcome of my social, my democratic experience.

You can't go and anticipate what it is that you want to see. You just have to be present. Be where you are.

Art doesn't alter things. It points things out, but it doesn't alter them. It can't, no matter what a painter wants to do.

A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.

To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.

I emphasize listening. We strive to hear what other people want us to hear, even though they don't always come out and say it directly.

Let's give it up for the Secret Service. I don't want to be too hard on those guys. You know, because they're the only law enforcement agency that will get in trouble if a black man gets shot.