Quotes About Attentiveness

Whatever is in your hands, you keep that in perfect condition; then what is beyond you will anyway happen. But people are always trying to work at what is beyond them, not taking care of what is in their hands.

What truly differentiates the heavies from the lightweights is not how tough they are, but how aware they are.

A key point to bear in mind: The value of attentiveness varies in proportion to its object. You're better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.

The value of attentiveness varies in proportion to its object. You're better off not giving the small things more time than they deserve.

that thou be careful to prevent whatsoever is idle and impertinent: but especially, whatsoever is curious and malicious

I'm all ears," she said. An untruth—her ears were a small part of her—but I let that pass.

Though I had read the story many times before, I never realized until that moment that shepherds carefully keep track of their flocks by constantly counting, continually checking.

This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.

I'm painfully aware of my surroundings at all times.

It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don't you invest more time being interested?" Collin's advice from John Gardner that he took to heart.

I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.

I saw a button pin once that said: "I'm not tense. I'm just very, very alert.

With his finger curled under his lip, his elbow on the arm of the couch, he merely studied me as I recounted the memories, and now he was eager for the tale to go on.

She'd always liked to listen to people, especially when they talked so much that she didn't have to say anything much herself.

Be careful with the world , or the next time we meet, it might get ugly.

My friend didn't understand what it means to be in the world, to be present and aware.

Looks like I'll be the one babysitting you all. (Jericho) It's okay, sweetie. I make a mean Band-aid. (Delphine)

One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.

If you can find one thing in your life that can keep you in the moment, you're totally lucky.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen. Not just in plays, but in life. And you have to hear what people are saying before you can respond.

...the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended.

Have you seen them?" he asked. Arrow looked at him disinterestedly. Will frowned. Not talking, eh?" he said. "Maybe you're a little hoarse." He cackled breifly at his own wit.

According to Zen legend, when a visitor asked the fifteenth-century master Ikkyu to write down a maxim of "the highest wisdom," Ikkyu wrote one word: "Attention." The visitor asked, irritably, "Is that all?" This time, Ikkyu wrote two words: "Attention. Attention.

To listen to a person is not passive.