Quotes about Awareness
Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
— John Donne
Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live. I am coming.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
An awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.
— Paulo Coelho
Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.
— Thomas a Kempis
In God's presence I feel small because I am small.
— Philip Yancey
If we cannot detect God's presence in the world, it may be that we have been looking in the wrong places.
— Philip Yancey
In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
— Philip Yancey
Suffering offers a general message of warning to all humanity that something is wrong with this planet, and that we need radical outside intervention
— Philip Yancey
The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon." I
— Philip Yancey
When I am tempted to complain about God's lack of presence, I remind myself that God has much more reason to complain about my lack of presence.
— Philip Yancey