Awareness Quote by Ernest Becker Download Open image “To live fully is to live with an awareness of the rumble of terror that underlies everything.” — Ernest Becker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Awareness Awareness Rumble Fully Live Knowledge Live Fully Rumble Terror Terror Underlies
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Live is meant to be lived. Seize the moment and the day. Live life up to the fullest. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To live fully is to let go and die with each passing moment, and to be reborn in each new one. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I know what it is like to experience terror, to feel despondent, to live in fear. I know how wearying and hopeless life can… — Phan Thi Kim Phuc Copy Share Image
To live in the awareness that life is impending annihilation. Is the only true way to live. Chaos is everywhere, and for that we… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
For a lot of people, life's been pretty good. There hasn't been true terror right in your face. — Jim James Copy Share Image
“What does it mean to be a self-conscious animal? The idea is ludicrous, if it is not monstrous. It means to know that one… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“the characteristics the modern mind prides itself on are precisely those of madness.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“When we are young we are often puzzled by the fact that each person we admire seems to have a different version of what… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
Relationship is thus always slavery of a kind, which leaves a residue of guilt. — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“neurosis as a problem of character and have seen that it can be approached in two ways: as a problem of too much narrowness… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“This is one of the reasons for bigotry and censorship of all kinds over personal morality: people fear that the standard morality will be… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Civilized" society is a hopeful belief and protest that science, money and goods make man count for more than any other animal. In this… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
We might say that psychoanalysis revealed to us the complex penalties of denying the truth of man's condition, what we might call the costs… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“Understanding this, Rank could take a great step beyond Freud. Freud thought that modern man’s moral dependence on another was a result of the… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
“The world of human aspiration is largely fictitious and if we do not understand this we understand nothing about man.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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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 Copy Share Image
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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 Copy Share Image
“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.” — Grace Sara Copy Share Image
I'm part of a team that raises millions of dollars and raises awareness of HIV and AIDS all over the world. — Linda Evangelista Copy Share Image
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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 Copy Share Image