Quotes About Awareness

We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

You can't act like a skunk without someone's getting wind of it.

Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects.

'Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.

Sleeping is no mean art. For its sake one must stay awake all day.

Wisdom is only found in trudi.

By nice women . . . you probably mean selfish women who have no more thought for the underprivileged, overworked women than a pussycat in a sunny window for the starving kitten in the street. Now in that sense I am not a nice woman, for I do care.

A word to the wise is sufficient.

The thoughtless are rarely wordless.

Who does not know another language, does not know his own.

Words once spoken, can never be recalled.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don't see coming.

If things happen all the time you are never nervous. It is when they are not happening that you are nervous.

Don't hurry, don't worry. You're only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers.

Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will take of care themselves.

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

I am constantly amazed when I talk to young people to learn how much they know about sex and how little about soap.