Quotes About Awareness

it's said that the ground directly beneath the lantern is always the darkest.

A girl doesn't notice unfairness until she falls in love

Curiosity led to empathy - the great enemies of self-righteousness.

Ah! what is human life? How, like the dial's tardy-moving shade, Day after day slides from us unperceiv'd! The cunning fugitive is swift by stealth; Too subtle is the movement to be seen; Yet soon the hour is up--and we are gone.

Look into those they call unfortunate, And closer view'd, you'll find they are unwise.

Emotions talked to you before you had words, so listen to them ... they are often more honest than the mind's remarkable ability to self deceive.

Today's minor irritations may become tomorrow's treasured memories. We often don't know what we are missing, until it's missing.

There are more ways to see than with your eyes, Flora. And now I see much more than I ever did when I had ordinary vision. It was a fair trade.

Saper vivere vuol dire non dimenticare mai queste quattro regole: non dire parole sbagliate, non dormire nel letto sbagliato, non varcare la soglia sbagliata e non infilare la mano nella tasca sbagliata.

Les hommes sont comme ça [...]. Ils mangent dans leur bol, mais ils gardent un œil sur la casserole.

That is the real tragedy: poverty and hunger are not as shocking as willful indifference to them.

Per la mia imbranataggine in materia, ero come una casa senza porte e finestre: l'amore faceva su e giù, io sentivo il rumore dei passi, ma credevo che fosse lì per caso e diretto altrove. Finché, un giorno, si fece avanti e suonò il campanello.

This "me" of ten years before lay down amid the leaves and long grass and slept for two whole hours. During this time a few ants crawled up my leg, but even in my deep sleep my finger accurately flicked them off. I felt as if I had come to a shore, and the echoing shouts of an old man poling a bamboo raft seemed to reach my ears from far away. I awakened from my dream, and

True pain can only come gradually. It is exactly like tuberculosis in that the disease has already progressed to a critical stage before the patient becomes aware of its symptoms.

Besides, like a man who knows he is dying, he felt a need to be equally tender to all.

At such times I felt as though I was drenched up to my neck in the existence that was myself.

Il dolore genuino può maturare soltanto a grado a grado. Somiglia strettamente alla tubercolosi, in quanto il male è già progredito e ha raggiunto lo stadio critico prima che il paziente si sia reso conto dei suoi sintomi.

as long as conscious desire is at work, it will permit distinctions to exist. But if one can suppress it, these distinctions dissolve and one can be as content with a skull as with anything else.

The cynics—well aware that there is nobody who despises the imagination so thoroughly as the dreamer

I hope that I am making myself understood. The Golden Temple once more appeared before me. Or rather, I should say that the breast was transformed into the Golden Temple.

Cuando uno se convence de que, al enamorarse, resulta tremendamente vulnerable, la idea de haber vivido hasta entonces desconocedor de esta verdad les hace estremecerse. Por esta razón el amor vuelve virtuosas a ciertas personas.

The Imperial Concubine was fully aware of her own beauty, and she tended to be attracted by any force, such as religion, that treated her beauty and her high rank as things of no value.

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To live in the midst of an era is to be oblivious to its style. You and I, you see, must be immersed in some style of living or other, but we're like goldfish swimming around in a bowl without ever noticing it.