Quotes About Awareness

There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it's getting done.

There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.

The big problem is that your mind keeps reminding you of things when you can't do anything about them.

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

There is a simple but profound principle that emerges from understanding the way your perceptive filters work: you won't see how to do it until you see yourself doing it.

Most of us don't really think about how we spend our money—or if we do, we focus solely on the big items. At the same time, we ignore the small but steady expenses that drain away our cash.

Never underestimate anyone, it is the most dangerous form of arrogance.

He looked around at the others....They were all staring at their computers, or reading books or newspapers. Not one of them has noticed the weather. Maybe that's how the world was now....Everyone was so wrapped up in his or her own little world that no one ever really saw anything anymore.

if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.

I figure if you think too much about things, life sometimes just passes you by.

It had been so long since we were a family that I had almost forgotten the joy that came with having one. All the small and large moments, many that I had taken for granted while they were occuring, no doubt bolstered by the certainty that there would be many more. Yet such endearing and memorable engagements in life are promised to no one. They come and go and one has to be aware that there is no assurance they will ever come again. It made me tremble to think what I had lost.

Déjà vu Orwell's 1984

Complacency by the masses is my greatest weapon.

Maybe that's how the world was now, thought Dan. Everyone was so wrapped up in his or her own little world that no one ever really saw anything anymore.

There should never be enough 'going on' that we forget about the needs of others. That, essentially, is the essence of goodness.

Knowing your pain tolerance is important. Pills and needles mask it. Not good. I could be slipping and I'd never know it.

was already gone for good. "Hello, who is this?" Watson wasn't slurring his words.

Small observations can lead to large breakthroughs.

Lo único que puede ser peor que no ver el bosque por culpa de los árboles es no ver los árboles por culpa del bosque. ANÓNIMO

looking at her but not really seeing her, and his baby girl sure as heaven not seeing her daddy either

any type of nearby threat. Finally, he opened his eyes

Experience without cynicism was a sure sign your brain had dry-rotted and you hadn't bothered to notice.

off." Decker nodded and looked over at where Baron and Jamison were escorting Amber and Zoe

ignorance and intolerance to be like commas, because you often found them in pairs, and almost never did you find one, ignorance, without its evil twin, intolerance.