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title: Self-Awareness
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updated: '2026-04-27'
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# Content Tagged "Self-Awareness"

## Quotes

> “All the problems in the world come from unrecognised thought.”

— Michael Neill   > “Being aware of my shortcomings doesn't help me”

— Jan Chipman   > “From a low level of consciousness the game doesn't look like a game - it looks like your life depends on it.”

— Michael Neill   > “Half the battle is knowing you’re in a movie theatre, and not in the movie.”

— Tony Piper   > “If you want to be impactful, open yourself up to being impacted by others.”

— Michael Neill   > “If you're drunk but you know you're drunk you're not that drunk.”

— Michael Neill   > “Our eyes are the windows to the soul, and only when our eyes are free of yesterday's scratches will we see today with any clarity.”

— Sydney Banks   > “People are always doing what makes most sense to them in the moment at their current level of understanding.”

— Jamie Smart   > “The ego only knows about the past. It's a rear-view mirror. It doesn't know a thing about the future.”

— Jamie Smart   > “The length of a feeling is the length of a thought.”

— Michael Neill   > “Thought is a tool but like any tool you can use it to create things or a weapon against yourself or others.”

— Mavis Karn   > “Trauma is not what happens to you, it’s what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you. Trauma is that scarring that makes you less flexible, more rigid, less feeling and more defended.”

— Gabor Maté   > “Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

— Lao Tzu   > “When you fell out of your head you wound up in your heart.”

— Unknown   > “When you learn to forgive, you see with clarity the ignorance and the innocence of those who trespass against you.”

— Sydney Banks   > “When you stop drinking poison, you stop needing the antidote.”

— Michael Neill   > “When you're not making it about you it's easier to handle a charging bull.”

— Michael Neill   > “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

— A A Milne   > “You don't need internal dialogue to navigate life”

— Don Miguel Ruiz