Awareness Quotes

"They hear nearly every sound, notice every movement, and process the expression on every person’s face. And that means that simply walking through a public space can be an assault on their senses."

- Andre Sólo

"As a highly sensitive person, I can sense your mood from a mile away. Don’t try to hide it. You’re not fooling me."

- Tracy M. Kusmierz

"Highly sensitive people tend to have stronger emotional responses than others. Partly, this is because they notice so many emotional cues that others miss, so they’re very ‘tuned in’ to feelings. But it’s also because HSPs process things so deeply. Imagine if you felt every emotion five times longer and five times louder; that’s kind of what it’s like to be an HSP."

- Andre Sólo

"It's easy to forget what a sin is in the middle of a battlefield."

- Solid Snake

"We're made up of thousands of parts with thousands of functions all working in tandem to keep us alive. Yet if only one part of our imperfect machine fails, life fails. It makes one realize how fragile, how flawed we are."

- Ingun Black-Briar

"You are here, and it’s beautiful, and escaping isn’t always something bad."

- Delilah

"Hey! Listen!"

- Na'vi

"Only a mind free of impediments is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world."

- Assassin’s Creed

"Right and wrong are not what separate us and our enemies. It’s our different standpoints, our perspectives that separate us. Both sides blame one another. There’s no good or bad side. Just two sides holding different views."

- Final Fantasy VIII

"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?"

- Far Cry 3

"It should be noted that the games of children are not games, and must be considered as their most serious actions."

- Michel de Montaigne

"The water doesn’t know how old you are."

- Dara Torres

"I think we need to kind of stop talking about how big women’s football is getting and talk about how big it is."

- Georgia Stanway

"By noticing and processing so many details around them — not to mention their own internal thoughts — highly sensitive people are doing far more cognitive work than most others. Being overstimulated and frazzled is something anyone can identify with, but for HSPs, it happens much more easily."

- Andre Sólo

"There’s beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that’s harder than others."

- Sarah McLachlan

"As a sensitive person, your empathy can be a double-edged sword. Narcissists often exploit it for their own benefit, leaving you feeling used and unable to express your feelings and set boundaries. If you’ve ever experienced this, you may have been with a narcissist."

- Jenn Granneman

"Being a sensitive person can make you more vulnerable to narcissists, who exploit empathy for their own gain. If you’ve ever felt used or unable to assert your needs, rights, or boundaries in a relationship, you may have been with a narcissist without realizing it."

- Jenn Granneman

"Narcissists are drawn to sensitive people because they crave the validation, attention, and support that sensitive people naturally provide. However, this dynamic will drain and damage the sensitive person. Know the signs of narcissism and protect yourself."

- Jenn Granneman

"Being a sensitive person is like having a super sharp ear in a noisy crowd. Although sometimes it’s painful, you can hear faint sounds and whispers that others don’t catch."

- Jenn Granneman

"If you are a sensitive person, your body and mind respond more to the world around you. You respond more to heartbreak, pain, and loss, but you also respond more to beauty, new ideas, and joy."

- Jenn Granneman

"All humans are sensitive to some degree. There are times when all of us cry, get our feelings hurt, or reflect deeply on life. But some individuals are more responsive to their surroundings and experiences than others are. These are the Highly Sensitive People."

- Jenn Granneman

"People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

"Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men."

- Dante Alighieri

"Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV."

- Jerry Seinfeld

"For a highly sensitive person, a drizzle feels like a monsoon."

- Anonymous

"For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them."

"Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path."

"To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is."

"You are not an observer, you are a participant."