Quotes About Awareness

Zen is a double-edged sword, killing words and thoughts, yet at the same time, giving them life. Although beyond human intellect and philosophy, Zen is their root and source.

To give your positive or negative attention to something is a way of giving energy. The most damaging form of behavior is withholding your attention.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara

The mystery existing between an open moment and a person's preparedness reveals the truth.

Wenn man erst einmal weiß, Weiß man auch, daß man weiß, Und wüßte lieber nicht. Aber zu spät. Schon weiß man, daß auch Die Hoffnung nie wieder, Nie wieder einkehrt, nie wieder; Sondern quer übers Meer, ade, Denen zusegelt, die Noch nicht wissen, Noch etwa wissen, Daß es etwas Zu wissen Gibt.

The Soviet regime robbed people not only of their ability to live freely but also of the ability to understand fully what had been taken from them, and how.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves

Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.

The time I kill is killing me.

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

el estoicismo no se centra en suprimir u ocultar las emociones; más bien se trata de reconocer nuestras emociones, reflexionar sobre lo que las provoca y redirigirlas para nuestro propio bien.

Massimo Pigliucci

En realidad, el estoicismo no se centra en suprimir u ocultar las emociones; más bien se trata de reconocer nuestras emociones, reflexionar sobre lo que las provoca y redirigirlas para nuestro propio bien.

We are not becoming more educated; we are simply acquiring more knowledge. There is a fundamental difference between the two.

Understanding is the beginning of both wisdom and compassion.

Epictetus. The words in questions were, I have to die. If it is now, well then I die now; if later, then now I will take my lunch, since the hour for lunch has arrived—and dying I will tend to later.

The Daoist way asks us to shen shi ?? (to have an awareness of propensity or optimize possibilities). The difference between imposing your will and following shi is whether one sets up a goal for actions or allows oneself to be carried along by the propensity of things. Does one impose a plan on things or rely on the potential inherent factors in a changing process?

The Light is always there. How much light comes to you depends on you.

A word is like a finger pointing at different things. Do not look at the finger; focus on the essence of the word. Focus on what the finger is pointing at!

Spirituality is a way of life. it is not just doing meditation.

By being high, you become low and by being low, you become high. By being humble, you become high.

Be totally in the Present moment Hovsep Kazezian - www.Hkazezian.com

Each beat of your heart is a small miracle, you know, so don't get carried away.