Olivia Thirlby Quotes

It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

We have been so blinded by thinking and feeling that we have never seen the World.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.

I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever.

I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.

And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

It's you who are telling me; opening my eyes to things I'd looked at so long that I'd ceased to see them.

... my life has been dedicated to my growth and evolution as a conscious being. ... becoming more aware of all that was taking place within me and around me; how my inner world affected my outer world and vice versa. I realized that the more awareness I have, the more choice I have in how I create or respond to the circumstances of my life.

What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.

Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.

I meditate. I've been a meditator since, I think I was doing it unofficially before all my life and then began to formalize it somewhere around 14.

Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.

My demons, inner strengths and physical battles have guided me through life.

I listen to myself, I listen to my body, my mind; I follow my heart.

That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.

I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Life is a state of consciousness.

You know how a lot of people say, 'I lose myself in music,' or 'I like to escape,' but I want my music to be more of an awakening. I want it to make people to be aware of life; I don't want my music to be a distraction. I want to light a path.

Sometimes we can't see our own selves, our own shortcomings, but it's so easy to see somebody else's.

A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.