Quotes about Awareness
The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We
— Henry David Thoreau
What are these pines & these birds about? What is this pond a-doing? I must know a little more.
— Henry David Thoreau
do not let your left hand know what your right hand does, for it is not worth knowing.
— Henry David Thoreau
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
— Henry David Thoreau
Unless we see God's activity in the midst of them, we will be unaware of their spiritual significance. They will simply be events in a long succession of confusing occurrences. A miracle could take place, and we would miss it. But if we are sensitive to God's voice, these same events can hold enormous significance for us. Hudson
— Henry Blackaby
For you yourselves know that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 1 Thessalonians 5:2
— Henry Blackaby
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life. And if you be a philosopher, though seated in the whale-boat, you would not at heart feel one whit more of terror, than though seated before your evening fire with a poker, and not a harpoon, by your side.
— Herman Melville
Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death. (moby dick chap 29 p123)
— Herman Melville
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.
— Herman Melville
People on a spiritual path - personal growth, spiritual practice, recovery, yoga and so forth - are the last people who should be sitting out the social and political issues of our day.
— Marianne Williamson
I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place.
— Maya Angelou
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
— Confucius