2,872 Quotes About Self-awareness

We have been taught to seek external validation to know the worth of self. What a shame is it to hand that power to someone else.

The original sin was man not knowing his place. Every time, god has sent his messenger to remind man of his place, only few did... only few.

When I was much young,I never believed I was to be a Christian,Muslim, Buddhist, Zoroastrianor any religion.I grew up believing I was god.

If you don't know what to do, it's ok. But, if you don't know what not to do, it's a serious matter.

The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.

The point," Susila answered, "is to get people to understand that we're not completely at the mercy of our memory and our phantasies. If we're disturbed by what's going on inside our heads, we can do something about it. It's all a question of being shown what to do and then practicing— the way one learns to write or play the flute. What those children you saw here were being taught is a very simple technique—a technique that we'll develop later on into a method of liberation.

I have known...only one really, really good writer in my life who loves to write. Only one...Most people who love to write are horrible writers, so of course they love to write.

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life.

Who buys these?" I asked. "Who walks in here and says this, this is what I need?" "People who don't know what they need in the first place," she said. "So, pretty much anybody.