Quotes About Awareness

I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart; the same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn't a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they're not in the sky

Mrs. Leene says I should think about people in the present tense. "It forces you to take responsibility for them," she says.

Sometimes you really want to say Duh, but you can't. It's a part of growing up, I guess.

What the two men shared was the knowledge that they were individuals.

A paranoid man is a man who knows a little about what's going on.

Are you aware of the Japanese concept of mono no aware, the bitter sweetness of things?" "I'm afraid not." "The Japanese sages say the best way to appreciate beauty is to focus on its transient, fragile and fleeting nature.

I'm not down with the kids, though, am I? And you still haven't answered my question. What's an SEP?" "Someone else's problem, Sean," Matty said, with a heavy and significant sigh.

Don't trust whitey and whitey is fucking everywhere. We walked

Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people.

Our days were full of tiny moments like these, when she loved me even when I was not looking. When she saw me even when I felt like I was hiding.

Take nothing and no one for granted. Time used to be my friend, and now it's a skittish acquaintance at best. Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can't always think about what you've lost, or what you don't have, or what you didn't get. Because when you do that, you're missing out on the now. You can't know if you'll be here tomorrow or a year from now.

A man who needs a mirror is looking for something.

Aprendi que viajar ainda é a melhor forma de alterar a vida, mudar as ideias e abraçar a inspiração, mas devemos estar de olhos bem abertos e ansiosos por agarrá-la, ou é um desperdício.

The world was noisy . As Ciro looked around, he was the only person who seemed to be listening.

He's a good-looking sap, and he knows it. He's just exactly smart enough to know that he can only be important in a place where he has no competition.

Let whoever longs to attain eternal life in heaven heed these warnings: When considering the future, contemplate these things: Death, than which nothing is more certain

You know what my mother always told me? ...That all the answers to all your questions are already inside of you. You just have to listen.

Let there be less suffering . . . give us the sense to live on what we need.

How fain I'd speak to those who know mythought, And silence keep to those who yet know nought.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.

An Ass put on a Lion's skin and went About the foreset with much merriment, Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks, Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain, Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away, But that I know your old familiar bray'. That's just the way with asses, just the way.

The Astronomer AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?

Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.