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Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
Socrates
Realization of lack of knowledge is the commencement of sagacity.
2.
The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.
Adi Shankara
The wealth I have unearthed is beyond articulation, the imagination is unable to grasp it.
3.
When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. Human should be like a pot. As the pot is hold by its emptiness inside, human is hold by the awareness of his nothingness.
Shams Tabrizi
"When all are striving to attain something, strive for nothingness. Roam with vacancy. People should be like a container; as the vessel is held by its void within, mankind is kept up by the recognition of his hollowness."
4.
A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.
Niccolo Machiavelli
A hallmark of wisdom is a recognition of one's lack of knowledge.
5.
Between me and You, there is only me. Take away the me, so only You remain.
Mansur Al-Hallaj
'By subtracting my presence, only You remain.'
6.
Great doubt will eventually lead to great awakening.
Rabia Basri
Substantial uncertainty will eventually bring about profound enlightenment.
7.
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
Thomas Merton
Empathy is the deep understanding of the mutual reliance of all beings.
9.
You live and you learn, man. I've learned you can't wait on anybody. You have to raise your awareness yourself.
Big Sean
'One must take initiative in their own education; experience is the greatest teacher, but cannot be relied upon exclusively.'
10.
My deepest awareness of myself is that I am deeply loved by Jesus Christ and I have done nothing to earn it or deserve it.
Brennan Manning
My keenest understanding of myself is that I am profoundly cherished by Jesus Christ and I have contributed nothing to gain it or merit it.
11.
You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.
Eckhart Tolle
You can only forgo something that you have, but you cannot relinquish something that you are.
12.
To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination.
Bell Hooks
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It is my belief, that we should not be too sure of having found Christ in ourselves until we have found him also in that part of humanity that is most remote from our own.
Thomas Merton
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Awareness requires living in the here and now, and not in the elsewhere, the past or the future.
Eric Berne
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Knowledge is cosmic. It does not evolve or unfold in man. Man unfolds to an awareness of it. He gradually discovers it.
Walter Russell
16.
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
A. E. van Vogt
17.
The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
18.
Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
Anthony de Mello
19.
As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw.
Shunryu Suzuki
20.
Arise, transcend Thyself, Thou art man and the whole nature of man Is to become more than himself.
Sri Aurobindo
21.
Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it.
Meister Eckhart
22.
The truth is you really are nothing, but this nothing is full, whole, infinite in everything and everywhere. This nothing is conciousness itself. It is already whole, complete and fulfilled. This is the amazing irony.
Gangaji
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Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.
Shoshana Zuboff
25.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Milarepa
27.
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
Paul Cezanne
28.
To achieve purity of mind, one should cultivate constant awareness by being mindful all the time. One should remain always aware of one's thoughts.
Rama Swami
29.
One never knows what each day is going to bring. The important thing is to be open and ready for it.
Henry Moore
30.
...it is certain that I am really distinct from my body,
and can exist without it.
Rene Descartes
31.
Just let awareness have its way with you completely.
Scott Morrison
33.
Ecology and spirituality are fundamentally connected, because deep ecological awareness, ultimately, is spiritual awareness.
Fritjof Capra
35.
As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian.
Shelley Berman
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Freedom is based on the anarch’s awareness that he can kill himself. He carries this awareness around; it accompanies him like a shadow that he can conjure up. “A leap from this bridge will set me free.
Ernst Junger
37.
The greater the emphasis on perfection, the further it recedes.
Haridas Chaudhuri
38.
Simply bringing awareness to the process of breathing initiates the release of peptide molecules from the hindbrain to regulate breathing while unifying all systems.
Candace Pert
40.
I choose things by how they resonate in my heart.
Rita Coolidge
41.
I am able to control only that which I am aware of. That which I am unaware of controls me. Awareness empowers me.
John Whitmore
42.
To see, to hear, means nothing. To recognize (or not to recognize) means everything. Between what I do recognize and what I do not recognize there stands myself. And what I do not recognize I shall continue not to recognize.
Andre Breton
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You are the light of consciousness and also the witness of this light. You are pure awareness.
Mooji
44.
Everything is changeable, everything appears and disappears; there is no blissful peace until one passes beyond the agony of life and death.
Gautama Buddha
45.
Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free. Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought, and discover who you are.
H. W. L. Poonja
46.
Nothing that can be known has existence in itself. It depends on a knower. The knower is consciousness.
Jean Klein
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There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics.
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
49.
Awareness is learning to keep yourself company
Geneen Roth
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Who owns your time owns your mind. Change your time and you change your mind. Change your mind and you change your world.
Jose Arguelles