David Hawkins Quotes

United States, Professor
February 28, 1913 – February, 24, 2002.

David Hawkins was a professor whose interests included the philosophy of science, mathematics, economics, childhood science education, and ethics. He also served as an administrative assistant at Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory, and later as one of its official historians. Together with Herbert A. Simon, he discovered and proved the Hawkins–Simon theorem.

We have to cross the boundary between knowing and not knowing many times before we achieve understanding.

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Every thought, action, decision, or feeling creates an eddy in the interlocking, inter-balancing energy fields of life. In this interconnected universe, every improvement we make in our private world improves the world at large for everyone.

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To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world; moreover, in a ripple effect, the gift comes back to its source.

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- World
- Conscious
- Source
One makes a gift of one's life and endeavors by sanctifying it with love, and devotion and selfless service. When seeking to uplift others, we are uplifted in the process. Every kind thought or smile therefore benefits oneself as well as all the world.

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- Smile
- Process
- Benefits
We change the world not by what we say or do, but as a consequence of what we have become.

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- Change
- Say
- Become
All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.

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Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy.

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- Joy
- Victory
- Satisfaction
All of the Great Teachers throughout the history of our species have merely taught one thing, over & over, in whatever language, at whatever time. All have said, simply: Give up weak attractors for strong attractors.

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- Strong
- Language
- Teachers

The main obstacle to our development is our lack of knowledge about the nature of consciousness itself.

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Love is not a quality of 'God'- is it God's very Essence. It is the ALL-encompassing Reality of the Never-Ending Present. It is the Core of Your Existence.

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- Reality
- Quality
- Present