#aware

It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#psychology #self-awareness #understanding #achievement

She was looking for something I could never give her." Again his dark eyes bored into Julia's mind. "You have something of the same about you, young woman. Take my advice: Don't think you will find it in another person. You won't. It's not there. You must find it in yourself. ↗

— Iain Pears

#individuality #search #self-awareness #self-reliance #dreams

you can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#self-awareness #sun

Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact; hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar. ↗

— Criss Jami

#consciousness #corruption #dangerous #impact #mass-media

If theater is ritual, then dance is too... It's as if the threads connecting us to the rest of the world were washed clean of preconceptions and fears. When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#ritual #self-awareness #witches

To understand yourself: Is that a discovery or a creation? ↗

— Pascal Mercier

#honesty #illusions #perception #personality #self-awareness

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#self-awareness #wisdom #self-awareness

I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#self-awareness

I've never had inner turmoil about all this. You find a lot of people these days who cannot stand to be alone. You could lock me up in solitary for weeks on end, and I'd keep myself amused. ↗

— Keith Richards

#self-awareness

Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not ↗

— Amit Abraham

#self #self-awareness #self-awareness