“But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness of the human condition, in the writer's touching some common nerve ending. I think this kind of social commitment, like a lady's slip, should be there but it must not show.” IfsThinkingShouldHumansKindShowsLiteratureSocialCommonConditionsAwarenessReaderCommitmentNervesManifestTouchingSlipsHuman Condition Author:Bel Kaufman
“I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense, commitment, humor, tact, love, wisdom, awareness, and knowledge. At the same time, it holds the possibility for the most rewarding, joyous experience of a lifetime, namely, that of being successful guides to a new and unique human being.” WorldHumansJobsHuman BeingsCommonSuccessfulBloodAwarenessPossibilitySucceedAnxietyUniqueCommitmentUltimateRegardLifetimeComplicatedGuidesHardestCommon SenseBeing SuccessfulSweatJoyousTactLove Wisdom Book:The new peoplemaking Source: The new peoplemaking
“We are ourselves the stumbling-blocks in the way of our happiness. Place a common individual - by common, I mean with the common share of stupidity, custom, and discontent - place him in the garden of Eden, and he would not find it out unless he were told, and when told, he would not believe it.” WayBelieveMeanIndividualCommonShareAwarenessGardenStupidityBlockCustomsDiscontentEdenStumblingGarden Of EdenStumbling Blocks Book:Romance and reality, by L.E.L. Source: Romance and reality, by L.E.L.
“I do interview senior candidates at the home office or many of our hotel or restaurant General Manager candidates. My two favorite questions are "Tell me about a failure in your career, what you learned from it, and how you've leveraged this lesson" and "All of us are misperceived at one time or another. What's the most common way you're misperceived in the workplace and why?" Both of these questions require a certain amount of self-awareness and a willingness to not give pat, normal answers that we offer experience in interviews.” WayGivingTwoSelfHomeCertainAnswersCommonCareersAwarenessAmountLessonsOffersOfficeNormalSelf AwarenessManagersCandidatesInterviewsRestaurantsHotelWillingnessOne TimeSeniorWorkplaceGeneral ManagerHome Office Author:Chip Conley
“We are living in a renaissance of personal writing. People are rebalancing the impersonalization endemic to modern society with an increase in personal introspection. We have enough common psychology under our belts to know that psychology doesn't explain or heal everything and that it isn't the fulfillment of awareness, but its beginning. We are undergoing a shift in paradigms in which we are trying to develop new models for humanness and human responsibility. This is no small task. Our individual lives are placed under increasing pressure to respond adequately to both inner and outer change.” PeopleKnowsWritingTryingHumansEnoughIndividualCommonResponsibilityPsychologyModernAwarenessModelsTasksIncreasePressureHealFulfillmentIntrospectionBeltsParadigmRenaissanceModern SocietyHumannessIndividual LifeJournalingPersonal Writing Author:Christina Baldwin
“Miss Havisham is a glitch in the smooth functioning of the Patriarchy, enforcing awareness of a moment of social disaster and personal shame, something it seems she would want us to forget (but no one would forget). (Maybe an interesting "discussion question" for readers of Complicated Grief might be, "What do Terry Barton and Miss Havisham have in common?"?)” WantMomentsSeemsMightSocialForgetInterestingCommonGriefAwarenessMissingReaderShameComplicatedDisasterDiscussionSmoothPatriarchyWant UGlitchesHavishamMiss HavishamComplicated Grief Author:Laura Mullen
“I do this work for the common people and part of that work is creating a general awareness of such problems as they exist because my work is beyond class, religion and creed.” PeopleProblemCommonClassAwarenessCreatingCreeds Author:Abdul Sattar Edhi
“I want to create awareness amongst the common people of Pakistan and I generally appeal to the Pakistani people living here and abroad for help and they provide me with the necessary resources.” PeopleWantHelpingCommonAwarenessResourcesAppealsPakistan Author:Abdul Sattar Edhi
“I feel like awareness needs to grow. It's becoming a very common thing. I think we have a very strong NHS and healthcare system that needs more support through all this political nonsense that we're going through.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsPoliticalStrongGrowsCommonSupportAwarenessBecomingNonsenseVery StrongHealthcareCommon ThingsNhs Author:John Newman
“In the West nowadays, it's very common to talk about the Judeo- Christian tradition. It's a common term. The term is relatively modern but the reality is an old one. One could with equal justification talk about a Judeo-Islamic tradition or a Christian-Islamic tradition. These three religions are interlinked in many signification ways, which marks them off from the rest of the world. And I think there is a growing awareness of this among Christians and among Jews, and even to some extent to some Muslims. That's happening for obvious reasons.” ThinkingWorldReasonRealityChristianTermCommonModernAwarenessEqualTraditionJewObviousJustification Author:Bernard Lewis
“The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain common work as it comes certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life.” LifeHandsLightEyeCertainStarsCommonPathFeetAwarenessFoodFlowerDutyBreathsSimplicityBreatheBreadBest ThingsSimple LifeSweetestSimple ThingsSimple LivingDaily BreadBest Things In LifeLiving A Simple LifeSimple Things In LifeSimplifying LifeLight In Your Eyes Author:Robert Louis Stevenson
“The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time.” WayEnoughHelpingCertainUniverseSpaceCommonCuttingAwarenessComplicatedCrueltyTendenciesGenerousSubtleMassiveGravityFabricCommodityDefiniteWovenSpace Time Author:Terry Pratchett
“The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.” PersonsBeliefSocialReligiousAbilityCommonKnowledgeSpecialAwarenessEgoSelf AwarenessPossessionAppearanceRecognitionCollectivesIdentificationBelief SystemsPower Of NowFamily HistorySpiritual AwarenessEducation And KnowledgeSocial StatusPhysical AppearanceNationalisticStillness SpeaksPower Of Now Book Author:Eckhart Tolle
“People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public’s mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media. Because public interest is most easily aroused by dramatic events and by celebrities, media feeding frenzies are common” PeopleMindTurnsInterestMemoriesViewsCommonIssuesAwarenessMediaEventsImportancePressureIndependentDeterminedAccidentsEaseDramaticReportsRelativeSlipsRegimesTopicsFeedingCoverageFrenzyPublic InterestIndependent Media Author:Daniel Kahneman
“There is no insurmountable solitude. All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are. And we must pass through solitude and difficulty, isolation and silence in order to reach forth to the enchanted place where we can dance our clumsy dance and sing our sorrowful song - but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny.” BelieveHumansSongOrderGoalCommonSilenceDestinyPathAwarenessSolitudeConscienceDifficultyAncientIsolationFulfilledBeing HumanEnchantedClumsyRiteSorrowfulInsurmountableEnchanted Places Author:Pablo Neruda
“Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend. What all great gardens have in common are their ability to pull the sensitive viewer out of him or herself and into the garden, so completely that the separate self-sense disappears entirely, and at least for a brief moment one is ushered into a nondual and timeless awareness. A great garden, in other words, is mystical no matter what its actual content.” SelfMatterMomentsSpiritReligionSpiritualityAbilityCommonAwarenessGardenNo Matter WhatDisappearSeparationSensitiveCopiesGardeningTimelessMysticalViewersBrief MomentsGreat Garden Author:Ken Wilber