Quotes about Awareness

Thought is a man in his wholeness, wholly attending.

Evil succeeds when good men do nothing

There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives.

The unconsciousness of man is the consciousness of God.

I do not know at first what it is that harms me. The men and things of to-day are wont to be fairer and truer in to-morrow's memory.

We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts.

Maybe we all need a glimpse of life without someone we love once in a while, just to teach us not to take them for granted.

Starting immediately, thank God for every gift He gives, from those as small as a whiff of honeysuckle or jasmine in your backyard, to the realization that you just had a few moments without back pain, to really big things like the fact that [people you love] are in the next room safe and sound. "I'm

But ignorance is widespread because most preachers never mention it.

If we allow ourselves even for a moment to contemplate the vast weight of suffering in the world, we will easily be overwhelmed with grief. This is why we develop the habit and self-protective instinct of overlooking the suffering around us.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Most of the men had simple souls. They could relate facts, but they said very little about what they dimly felt.