Quotes About Awareness

They never taste who always drink; They always talk who never think.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

I noticed you weren't checking your watches - you've been shaking them.

Watchman, what of the night?

That which is escaped now is pain to come.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees 'what is' and learns from 'what was'.

Forget the past and live the present hour.

I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous communication, we bear the weight of problems our forefathers only read about after they were solved.

Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference.

People are always asking about the good old days. I say, why don't you say the good "now" days? Isn't "now" the only time you're living?

Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, esson, or delight that moment has to

The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents, which can fill our emptiness and become ours, if we are capable of receiving them

All of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.

I believe that only one person in a thousand knows the trick of really living in the present.

There is one thing we can do, and the happiest people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can ... give all our attention to the opportunity before us.

The future belongs to those who live intensely in the present.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine.

One realm we have never conquered: the pure present.

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve.

The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.

Do not look back on happiness, or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.