Quotes about Awareness

Perhaps they suspected that I thought less of them because I knew it. (I'm too aware of human frailty to have let that happen. If anything, I thought more of them for wanting to face up to what they had done and for trying to change.)

Religion is not primarily a set of beliefs, a collection of prayers, or a series of rituals. Religion is first and foremost a way of seeing. It can't change the facts about the world we live in, but it can change the way we see those facts, and that in itself can often make a real difference.

People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who's hitting you.

We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.

Love and self are one and the discovery of either is the realization of both

When the night wind makes the pine trees creak And the pale clouds glide across the dark sky, Go out my child, go out and seek Your soul: The Eternal I. For all the grasses rustling at your feet And every flaming star that glitters high Above you, close up and meet In you: The Eternal I. Yes, my child, go out into the world; walk slow And silent, comprehending all, and by and by Your soul, the Universe, will know Itself: the Eternal I.

Unfortunately, the media devotes so much space to covering all of the bad, hateful things that are going on and not enough to reporting about all the goodness and kindness that's out there.

How do we get people to heed the dire warnings of the people on the ground who have been fighting this danger for so long? How do we get them to take action?