#aware

Simple things bring infinite pleasure. Yet, it takes us a while to realize that. But once simple is in, complex it out - forever. ↗

— Joan Marques

#life #simple #life

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet. ↗

— Jane Austen

#self-awareness #self-improvement #wise

The power we discover inside ourselves as we survive a life-threatening experience can be utilized equally well outside of crisis, too. I am, in every moment, capable of mustering the strength to survive again—or of tapping that strength in other good, productive, healthy ways. ↗

— Michele Rosenthal

#self-awareness #self-confidence #self-empowerment #trauma #traumatic-epiphonies

Feel what it's like to truly starve, and I guarantee that you'll forever think twice before wasting food. ↗

— Criss Jami

#considerate #consideration #environment #experience #famine

Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that we can't choose who we love. We just love the people we love, no mattter what anyone else might want for us. Wasn't that you? ↗

— Madeleine George

#coming-out #gay-and-lesbian #honesty #love #relationships

The Universe contains three things that cannot be destroyed; Being, Awareness and LOVE ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#being #love #love

I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#acting #animal #aware #become #i

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months. ↗

— Alan Rickman

#because #body #energy #got #half hours

The American public is not aware that there might be potential allergenic and toxic reactions. With regular food, at least people know which foods they have an allergy to. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#american #american public #aware #food #foods

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of. ↗

— Catherine II

#already #anything #aware #excited #farther