#aware

I sometimes wonder if all other animals, all plants, maybe even stars and rivers and rocks, dwell in steady awareness of God, while humans alone, afflicted with self-consciousness, imagine ourselves apart. ↗

— Scott Russell Sanders

#god #imagination

Actually, the Sniper's sense of humor frightened Amy more than anything else. The parody of Carla's poem had been witty, the rudeness of Marvy's critique outlandish, and she was still, for some reason, focused on that "youse" in the Sniper's counterfeit email. "Youse" was like a spectral elbow to Amy's ribs. Dangerous, malevolent people should not be amusing. In order to be humorous, you had to have perspective, to be able to stand outside yourself and your own needs and grudges and fears and see yourself for the puny ludicrous creature you really are. How could somebody do that and still imagine himself entitled to harry, to wound, to kill? ↗

— Jincy Willett

#humor #self-awareness #imagination

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more. ↗

— Pico Iyer

#love #self-awareness #travel #inspirational

Erase from your vocabulary the word “someday.” Do not save things for “special occasions.” Take into account the fact that every day is special. Every day is a gift that we must appreciate and be thankful for. Wear your attractive clothes, wear your nice perfume, use your fine silverware and dishes, and drink from your expensive crystal glasses … just because. Live every day to the fullest and savor every minute of it. ↗

— Rodolfo Costa

#enjoyment #fulfillment #happiness #inspirational #inspirational

Integrity is the sound follow through of your heart, and an important part in the process of manifesting what it is that you aspire to. If you say that you are going to do something, do it. If you fail to complete the task at hand, or fulfill a promise you made, you are not operating at the right frequency. Don't lie to yourself and to others, follow through. Complete yourself, Expand your consciousness. ↗

— Will Barnes

#inspirational #personal-development #spiritual #inspirational

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#inspirational #responsibility #truth #inspirational

When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#self-awareness #inspirational

What if you already are the person you wish you were but you just don't know it yet? ↗

— Debra Formo

#new-thought #self-awareness #inspirational

A mind is a simulation that simulates itself. ↗

— Erol Ozan

#brain #computer #computers #computing #consciousness

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#awareness #life #life