Quotes About Awareness

Svatko misli o tom kako promijeniti svijet, ali nitko ne misli kako promijeniti sebe.

We call them feelings because we feel them. They don't start in our minds, they arise in our bodies.

It might be slow, Derrida said, but eventually the spectacle of our abuse of animals will be intolerable to our sense of who we are.

I'd learned long ago not to hanker after what I didn't have but to appreciate what I did have

So many people have the TV or radio constantly turned on for company, or spend their time reading trashy novels, aimlessly surfing the Net, and so on. Then suddenly one day you are old or sick and you realize you have done nothing with your life. All your thoughts are other people's thoughts and you have no idea who you really are or what the purpose of your life might be.

The other important thing to understand is that as humans we see only a segment of reality in the greater cosmic scheme of things, so we are really never in a position to judge anyone or anything.

My attention determines the depth and quality of my experience.

She had never felt such excitement, such awareness of life around her, as if the very air was charged with his presence.

So much talking makes it hard to listen.

Sometimes the most worthwhile things are right in front of our eyes. We just make them hard because we think that gives them more value.

That's how tyranny succeeds. When folks think it won't affect them until eventually it does.

Is it better to not get to know them?' 'No. It's not. It's sharking your responsibility, and it's disrespectful. Get to know them, and then you fully understand the price you're asking them to pay.

anything that was aware of its actions was capable of making choices about them.

Let's revise the old adage for our times. All that it requires for evil to succeed is that enough lazy, stupid bastards believe everything they're told.

Humans have a wonderful saying for everything and then proceed to ignore the wisdom in all of them.

Consciousness is that annoying time between naps.

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

You could only ever see a thing when you were standing outside of it.

Do you realize how terrifying it is to be raped?

You can't light a match, then act surprised when your house burns down.

Life was like that. You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

It was odd how you could love something so much, but forget about it when it wasn't right under your nose.

Eighty percent of all women who are raped experience a second attack at some point in their lives," she told him. "Did you know that?" His silence answered her question.

En eso consistía la vida: nunca te das cuenta de lo que pasa hasta que te detienes un momento para observarlo con calma.