Quotes About Awareness

We sometimes enjoy people's presence most when we register their absence.

as a buyer you got the item or service you wanted, plus additives that you didn't ask for and that may be harmful to you and your loved ones.

I have come to realize that in life and politics, there is always more to take into consideration.

when the first rubber ball smacked her in the head and made her brains rattle in her skull, she knew that something about this dodgeball game was different

Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.

There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.

Nothing is boring exept to people who aren't really paying attention.

Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city.

What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.

Unfortunately, that's going to be attributable a lot to people who did not heed the advance warnings.

They live in unbridled pleasure; they offend Him, without thinking that each year they are closer to death.

un hombre que ama puede ver cosas que los demás no ven. La fe abre puertas.

Nothing's ordinary when you really look at it.

I see only light, Daddo." "Then I fear for you, my son. For a man who sees only light will stumble over the things that lie in shadows." "Then does a man who looks only at shadows not also stumble, for lack of seeing light?

One of the things that haunts me as an artist is the way we project so much onto the world. I'm down on my luck, and the world looks a wretched place. I'm feeling prosperous, so I think the whole international scene is too. I'm unhappy, so I look around and all I see is unhappiness. I buy a certain brand of car, and suddenly I notice them everywhere. Or I'm in love and all I see is love, the whole world in love.

Don't they see it? Can't they recognize the temptation?

None of us hears properly", he went on. "Every one of us is tied up in our inner noise.

He is interested not so much in imparting information as implanting in us the tools of awareness.

I don't mean to be critical, but you have been away from civilization for quite a long time. One's perspectives can narrow.

Man is a creature of Heaven and earth, but he no longer knows it. He no longer knows himself.

Answers are temporary things, Anne", he had said. "There will always be more questions." "And shall we dispense with our minds?" she had countered. "No", he said carefully. "Just be aware that rational answers aren't necessarily what we're looking for when we produce our questions.

Remember: You don't want to be meeting your neighbours for the first time in the middle of the night when your house is burning

The management theorist Tom Peters said, "Purpose rarely comes from sitting down and contemplating purpose. Mostly, surely in my case, one accidentally trips over purpose." It's not built in a lab; it develops as a natural by-product of working with thoughtful observation [...].

Awareness. A critical mass of people is aware of the need for change. Diagnosis. You know what needs to be changed and why. Vision. You have a compelling vision and a solid strategy. Plan. You have the expertise to put together a detailed plan. Support. You have sufficiently powerful alliances to support implementation.