Quotes About Awareness

He answers the ones you should've asked, but didn't," she said.

A weapon was useful only if you had it in your hands.

The Nazis succeeded in taking over the church, 'but gradually,' she writes, 'they became aware that something was wrong... A force was resisting them, something they could not put their hands on -- a belief.

I think sometimes I think too damn much. I worry about this and that and everything else and then I wake up and four more years have slipped right out the back door.

Our eyes and ears are two of the main gateways to our souls. It is vital that we steward what we hear and see so that seeds of deception do not get planted in the soil of our souls.

Taking in the good, whenever and wherever we find it, gives us new eyes for seeing and living.

Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet.

I've come to believe that our capacity to reach beyond ourselves—experiencing mystery or being present to others—is dependent on how fully we are planted in our bodies in all their flaws and their grace.

We watch our technologies becoming more intelligent, and speculate imaginatively about their potential to become conscious. All the while, we have it in us to become wise.

Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet. I meet others with the life I've lived, not just with my questions.

Really feeling your body move and the life inside of yourself is critical. Western culture is astoundingly disembodied and uniquely so.

But what we did is we studied our town. We did an inventory of all of the things that were present there—farms and marshes and springs and historic sites, Indian trails, buildings, our tobacco farms included. And what happened after we did this very careful and very extensive inventory is, we fell in love with the place. Most of us didn't know where we lived. We had just moved in and out rather oblivious to the beauty of things.

Maybe this is another way to think about original sin—the ingrained lure of the possibility of going numb, a habit of acquiescence to it.

It's not about healing the world by making a huge difference. It's about healing the world that touches you, that's around you.

Spiritual humility is not about getting small, not about debasing oneself, but about approaching everything and everyone else with a readiness to see goodness and to be surprised.

Our spiritual lives are where we reckon head-on with the mystery of ourselves, and the mystery of each other.

Sometimes it takes a few years before you understand what you're worth. And who's worth your time.

My phone dings with a text. Mom: I bought you a rape whistle. There was a gangland slaying on your street last week.

And the thing is, that's all fantastic. I'm glad they work at the soup kitchen and care about their causes. It's the self-congratulatory sense they have, so gravely discussing their commitment and level of knowledge.

He didn't look away. No one looked at a person that way anymore. They checked their phones, or scanned the horizon, or glanced around.

Then they'd looked at each other, realization

you realize this shit is everywhere, all the time. It's not that the world is different. You just know the ugly side now.

I caught a sob before it quite broke, surprised at how quickly it had cut me.

She wants me to cut through all the sweetness and light in my head," I said, "so I can see the truth." "Which is?" Tommy asked, not turning around. "That nothing is what it seems to be.