Quotes About Awareness

Just because you see things straight doesn't mean you see them in time.

but the most selfish is hoarding time, because none of us know how much we have

You have to find what is good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now.

But everyone knows someone who has died, I said. Why is it so hard to think about dying? "Because," Morrie continued, "most of us all walk around as if we're sleepwalking. We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.

Learn to detach.

When Morrie was with you, he was really with you. He looked you straight in the eye, and he listened as if you were the only person in the world.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even

It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.

When Morrie was with you, he was really with you. He looked you straight in the eye, and he listened as if you were the only person in the world. How much better would people get along if their first encounter each day were like this—instead of a grumble from a waitress or a bus driver or a boss?

I believe in being fully present," Morrie said. "That means you should be with the person you're with. When I'm talking to you now, Mitch, I try to keep focused only on what is going on between us. I am not thinking about something we said last week. I am not thinking of what's coming up this Friday. I am not thinking about doing another Koppel show, or about what medications I'm taking. "I am talking to you. I am thinking about you.

So many people with far smaller problems are so self-absorbed, their eyes glaze over if you speak for more than thirty seconds.

Look. It's one of the shortest sentences in the English language. But we don't really look, Chika. Not as adults. We look over. We glance. We move on. You looked. Your eyes flickered with curiosity. You caught fireflies and asked if they had batteries. You unearthed a penny and asked if it was treasure. And without prompting, you knew discovery should be shared.

you should never take anything for granted.

All right, that was my moment with loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them as well.

How can you ever be prepared to die? Do what the Buddhists do. Every day have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

We really don't experience the world fully, because we're half-asleep, doing things we automatically think we have to do.

Bila kita diberi waktu tak terbatas, tidak ada lagi yang istimewa. Tanpa kehilangan atau pengorbanan, kita tidak bisa menghargai apa yang kita punya

Do what the Buddhists do. Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

That's the thing, you see. Once you get your fingers on the important questions, you can't turn away from them." And which are the important questions? "As I see it, they have to do with love, responsibility, spirituality, awareness. And if I were healthy today, those would still be my issues. They should have been all along.

I believe in being fully present.

When you're in bed, you're dead

Don't lose yourself... inside yourself...

to pay attention when your loved ones are speaking, as if it were the last time you might hear them.

Study me in my slow and patient demise. Watch what happens to me. Learn with me.