Quotes About Awareness

you probably know a lot less than you think you do about the people you want to reach, whether they're new in your life or people you've known forever. That what you think you know may be very wrong. And that reaching these people doesn't just mean opening their minds to you. It also means rewiring yourself so you can see these people as they really are.

You can't be curious and on the attack at the same moment.

Self-defeating behavior occurs when we fail to learn the lessons that life tries to teach us. It represents the victory of impulse over awareness, immediate gratification over lasting satisfaction, relief over resolution. Self-defeating behavior invariably begins as an attempt to make ourselves feel better. It is a coping mechanism.

If the numbers we see in domestic violence were applied to terrorism or gang violence, the entire country would be up in arms, and it would be the lead story on the news every night.

believe you can learn almost everything you need to know—and more than other people would like you to know—simply by watching and listening, keeping your eyes peeled, your ears open. And your mouth closed.

Part of knowing your product is knowing all the reasons someone might not want to buy it. Anticipate the reasons. State them clearly in your mind, spell them out on paper if necessary—and have an answer ready for each of them.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Make it a point, several times a day, to stop what you are doing and "find" God around you. Pick a moment, such as when you look at your watch, and make that a "God moment." Notice his presence in the obvious things like family pictures on your desk, or the not-so-obvious things like the mess of dishes in the sink - yet another day that he provided your family with food to eat.

They're not just dreams. Not anymore, I dream more than I wake now, and, at times, I have crossed over. Can't you see? I've been there.

Travel is like knowledge. The more you see, the more you know you haven't seen.

Satan, the master deceiver, works best when he is underestimated, ignored, or denied.

Satan is the great 'I am not'; and he is never happier than when he has convinced people that he is non-existent.

But to become preoccupied with Satan and his kingdom is equally dangerous.

Yeah, I actually do know where I am.

Oh my God, is it really the womens'? Sorry...

The overload makes users less productive and more stressed; thus, there's a need for some solution. Passively ignoring the problem won't work, since bits are still heavy, even if we pretend not to notice.

Adventure becomes hubris when it blinds you to the suffering of the human beings next to you.

After jiu-jitsu, you will appreciate how well the body works without our even realizing or recognizing it. You will, however, have some insight into its extraordinariness when you have trouble wiping your bum because it hurts to straighten your arm. I guarantee at that point and time you will really appreciate what your body can do.

it's usually a bad one, a negative thought, but we have

Remaining vigilant toward this ever-present threat means constantly learning how better to protect ourselves. But primarily it reminds us that we must fight and win the war on terror, so that we do not have to fight it here in America.

we were alive, together, and conscious, aware of our own mortality, but thrilled by the fact of our own ridiculous existence.

Even creative nonviolence can go unnoticed unless participants are attacked.

Of course," Lobo said. "It's not like this is my first dance, and it's not as if you've cornered the market on paranoia.

Time in prison—not just in solitary—becomes "a thick dull mallet that pounds consciousness into a coma.