Quotes about Awareness

You will follow me, if we are what we are, you and I, if we live, if the world exists, if you know the meaning of this moment and can't let it slip by, as others let it slip, into the senselessness of the unwilled and unreached.

Existence is Identity, Consciousness is Identification.

Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

Why were you happier when you were a kid? Because you didn't know anything. The more you know, the sadder you get.

A blind person could make a lifelong study of the eye, properties of light, the sight process and become a great expert in the field, but in another sense he would know nothing about sight. A person could know a great deal about God and yet not know God.

If you want to know how fortunate you are, visit three places: the slum, the hospital, and the cemetery.

Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance.

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

It is difficult to live in and enjoy the moment when you are thinking about the past or worrying about the future.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

If everybody loves you, something is wrong. Find at least one enemy to keep you alert.

We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker's marvellous love so fully.