Awareness

To forget oneself is to be happy.

To forget oneself is to be happy.

Robert Louis Stevenson

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.

G.K. Chesterton

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

Miguel de Cervantes

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Jean Paul Richter

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

Life is half spent before we know what it is.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

You'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.