Quotes about Awareness
Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return.
— John Milton
All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.
— Madeleine L'Engle
All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.
— Mahatma Gandhi
There's nothing like drawing a thing to make you really see it.
— Margaret Atwood
The fingers must be educated the thumb is born knowing.
— Marc Chagall
If you would perfect your body, guard your mind.
— James Allen
To avoid the trap of the Pharisees, we've got to guard the interconnection between our thoughts and our attitudes.
— David Jeremiah
The habit of ignoring Nature is deeply implanted in our times. This attitude reminds me of people who never look you in the eye; I find them disturbing and always have to look away.
— Marc Chagall
Never adopt an attitude of indifference, for if you do you will suffer for it. The weight will grow heavier and heavier.
— Watchman Nee
A man's ethnic identity has more to do with a personal awareness than with geography.
— William Saroyan
The balcony is a metaphor for a mental and emotional place of perspective, calm, and self-control. If life is a stage and we are all actors on that stage, then the balcony is a place from which we can see the entire play unfolding with greater clarity. To observe our selves, it is valuable to go to the balcony at all times, and especially before, during, and after any problematic conversation or negotiation.
— William Ury
Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop Than when we soar.
— William Wordsworth