Realising Quotes - Page 8

• Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims.

  H. G. Wells

  Stars, Dust, People

  H. G. Wells (1898). “The War of the Worlds”, p.9

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• Having visited Oxfam-funded school programs in rural communities has made me realise how vital education is to developing countries in bringing people out of poverty and giving them a sense of dignity, self-worth and confidence.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Confidence, Country, Educational

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• There is no mind to control if you realise the self. The mind having vanished, the self shines forth. In the realised man, the mind may be active or inactive, the self remains for him.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Yoga, Men, Self

  Maharshi Ramana, Swami Saraswati Ramananda (1963). “Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi”

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• In old age, you realise that while you're divided from your youth by decades, you can close your eyes and summon it at will. As a writer it puts one at a distinct advantage.

  Penelope Lively

  Eye, Science, Age

  "A life in books: Penelope Lively". Interview with Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. July 24, 2009.

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• Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights. One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people's freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible. It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires.

  Ajahn Brahm

  Country, Religious, Buddhist

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• Cannabis never killed anybody and it's use is widespread. You can"t stop it. The law defeats itself because all the efforts to stop drugs coming in only drives up the prices and then gangsters move in to push the drugs. If they legalised there wouldn't be gangsters and huge profits...The police are gradually decriminalising the possession of cannabis because they realise there's not much point prosecuting

  James Pickles

  Weed, Moving, Marijuana

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• I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

  Adam Brody

  Captivating, Hindsight, Enjoyed

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• This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it cant be.

  Javier Bardem

  Believe, Thinking, Important

  "'Why am I doing this absurd job?'" by Kristin Hohenadel, www.theguardian.com. March 21, 2001.

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• An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment.
  This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything is perfectly managed by it.
  Conclusively realise that what is unborn and illuminating is truly awakened and without effort,
  rest naturally as the Unborn Mind.
  Resting in this way, you are a living Buddha.

  Bankei Yotaku

  Effort, Meditation, Mind

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• "After all, golf is only a game", said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in their character. They simply don't realise what they are saying.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Character, Mean, Golf

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• You've just got to get over that mental hurdle and those battles in your own head during matches when things aren't going so well. It takes time. It's probably all things I already knew, but for someone to talk about it maybe in a different way makes you realise things.

  Samantha Stosur

  Tennis, Battle, Different

  "Samantha Stosur Recaps Her 2011 U.S. Open Title Run". Interview with Long Island Tennis Magazine, longislandtennismagazine.com. September 12,2011.

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• Nothing is important, so people, realising that, should get on with their lives, go mad, take their clothes off, jump in the canal, jump into one of those supermarket trolleys, race around the supermarket and steal Mars bars and kiss kittens.

  Steven Morrissey

  Memorable, Kissing, Race

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• Silence tells the seeker in us to love, to love himself. It tells us it is wrong to hate ourselves because of our imperfections. When the seeker loves himself, loves the Divine within himself, he eventually realises the Ultimate Truth.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Love, Hate, Silence

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• One day you will realise that for your life to change for the better, you must first change for the better.

  Leon Brown

  Life, One Day, Firsts

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• Those who realise their folly are not true fools.

  Zhuangzi

  Stupidity, Fool, Folly

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• That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on Him or on the seer, the Self, there is a mental vibration 'I' to which all are reduced. Tracing the source of 'I', the primal 'I-I' alone remains over, and it is inexpressible. The seat of Realisation is within and the seeker cannot find it as an object outside him. That seat is bliss and is the core of all beings. Hence it is called the Heart. The only useful purpose of the present birth is to turn within and realise it. There is nothing else to do.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Heart, Self, Purpose

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• The more we study the major problems of our time, the more we come to realise that they cannot be understood in isolation. They are systemic problems, which means that they are interconnected and interdependent.

  Fritjof Capra

  Mean, Humanity, Study

  Fritjof Capra (1996). “The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems”, Doubleday

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• Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them.

  Charles Darwin

  Book, Science, Law

  Charles Darwin Ch. 2 by Francis Darwin

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• Meditation is the eye that sees the Truth, the heart that feels the Truth and the soul that realises the Truth.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Heart, Eye, Meditation

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• It's humbling to realise that the developmental gulf between a miniscule ant colony and our modern human civilisation is only a tiny fraction of the distance between a Type 0 and a Type III civilisation - a factor of 100 billion billion, in fact. Yet we have such a highly regarded view of ourselves, we believe a Type III civilisation would find us irresistible and would rush to make contact with us. The truth is, however, they may be as interested in communicating with humans as we are keen to communicate with ants.

  Michio Kaku

  Distance, Believe, Communication

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• I've never needed a lobbyist personally to put my case. I'd rather put my case myself. But I don't understand how other people look at things. A lot of people in business haven't been involved in politics. They are frightened of ministers and the whole procedure. It's not something to be frightened of. It's something to go in and realise that people who go into politics, regardless of being Labor, Liberal or Nationals, primarily go in to serve the community.

  Clive Palmer

  Business, People, Community

  "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, August 07, 2009.

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• Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realise your ideal of compassion.

  Nhat Hanh

  Compassion, Helping, Chance

  "Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism". Book by Thich Nhat Hanh, 1993.

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• I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a time to start all over again or is this a time to realise those child-rearing years are over?

  Joely Richardson

  Mother, Daughter, Children

  "Joely Richardson wants to adopt but not like Madonna". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2008.

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• Standing, as I do, in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone (On the eve of her execution)

  Edith Cavell

  Hate, Views, Hatred

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• What attracted me to immunology was that the whole thing seemed to revolve around a very simple experiment: take two different antibody molecules and compare their primary sequences. The secret of antibody diversity would emerge from that. Fortunately at the time I was sufficiently ignorant of the subject not to realise how naive I was being.

  Cesar Milstein

  Ignorance, Science, Simple

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