Quotes About Attentiveness

It's very important to listen when someone is speaking up. I always keep my ear to the ground.

It's a dangerous world, man. You've gotta keep your eyes and ears peeled and be on the alert all the time.

You really need to be on the edge and you have to keep your eyes open.

I'm not trying to be efficient; I'm trying to be present.

Listening is the essence of anything.

You keep everything under observation and that's why you don't notice anything.

Only ignorants get bored

These things are endless. When you try fixing your mind on the places you contact with your eyes and ears, you'll find that everything between Heaven and Earth can become the seed of some resourcefulness. There is nothing under Heaven that cannot be said to be your teacher. Everything is important to you, so search it out. When there is absolutely nothing important enough for you to search out, there will be nothing left for you to receive from mankind.

Being composed and being off-guard may look alike, but they are quite different. You should first test this out for yourself.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

your attention is the most valuable property you can ever possess.

The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.

When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings.

We continue to be vigilant.

Given Ivan's size and power, we must remain vigilant.

Our job is to be an awake people...utterly conscious, to attend to our world.

Anyone could run around, not many could quietly wait. As they did now. But that didn't mean Chief Inspector Gamache and Inspector Lacoste did nothing. As they waited they took in their surroundings.

It struck her that dispensing justice was really more about being present and engaged than anything else—unlike

Commandment 10: When observing others, be subtle about it.

The bottom line is that indifference is really a form of selfishness.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

I know that I can't take anyone lightly.