Quotes about Awareness
Knowledge about a thing is not the thing itself.
— William James
The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.
— William James
We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings.
— Helen Keller
I always knew He was there, but I didn't know His name.
— Helen Keller
When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
— Henry David Thoreau
There can be no very black misery to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.
— Henry David Thoreau
It is not enough to be busy... The question is: what are we busy about?
— Henry David Thoreau
Oh, one world at a time!
— Henry David Thoreau
I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.
— Henry David Thoreau
We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.
— Henry David Thoreau
Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
— Henry David Thoreau