I believe that books, like people, come to us at the…

An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything…

— Bankei Yotaku

We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a…

— Fred Rogers

“In the worldly life, due to maadakta (intoxication of the ego of ‘I am Chandubhai’), one has completely lost awareness of everything about one’s…

— Dada Bhagwan

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this…

— Brian Swimme

I know the importance of highly trained awareness of the “moment” and the immediate and intuitive response of the photographer. It should be obvious…

— Ansel Adams

The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don't necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom…

— Jonathan Tropper

“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.”

— Grace Sara

I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world.

— Linda Evangelista

“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s…

— Vashti Quiroz-Vega

“No one has any right to tell you that the way you perceive yourself is wrong. Because by doing so, they also discourage the…

— Kamand Kojouri

Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling up notes, pleased with…

— Charles Fort

The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself,…

— Colleen McCullough

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are…

— Anonymous

Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we…

— Rollo May