Quotes about Awareness
In the mother's smile, it dawns on him that there is a world into which he is accepted and in which he is welcome, and it is in this primordial experience that he becomes aware of himself for the first time.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
Such a person can see without "pre-judice", that is, without judging in advance; he will judge only on the basis of what he has really seen for himself.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
Our awareness of God starts where self-sufficiency ends.
— Harold S. Kushner
Perhaps they suspected that I thought less of them because I knew it. (I'm too aware of human frailty to have let that happen. If anything, I thought more of them for wanting to face up to what they had done and for trying to change.)
— Harold S. Kushner
Religion is not primarily a set of beliefs, a collection of prayers, or a series of rituals. Religion is first and foremost a way of seeing. It can't change the facts about the world we live in, but it can change the way we see those facts, and that in itself can often make a real difference.
— Harold S. Kushner
People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.
— Harold S. Kushner
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
— Harry S. Truman
It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.
— Harry S. Truman
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
— Harry S. Truman
How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who's hitting you.
— Harry S. Truman
We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.
— Leo Buscaglia
Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both
— Leo Buscaglia