Quotes About Intentionality

Because technology is devoted primarily to making our lives easier, it discourages us from disciplines, especially ones that involve disentangling ourselves from technology itself.

Culture begins with cultivating the land, planting seeds, bringing intentionality to cycles that we act to perpetuate.

The motivating source of your energy is your underlying intention. It's the motivation behind your choices, not the choices themselves, that create the resonant frequencies you project. No matter what the nature of the decision is, it's actually the intention behind it that permeates your energetic field.

It's the sensation that all intentionality and will is being drained from the world, all consciousness, that there is nothing in earthly activity but malign blind indifference; that even the willed behavior of persons, speaking, thinking, doing, is only mechanical ticks and tocks. Finally that they cannot even be heard or seen, because all eyes are blind, all ears are stopped. My own consciousness the only one existent to know this.

Start from scratch with Jesus every day and then be picky about what you add to your life.

A hectic schedule is a lifestyle choice . . .

As you begin to simplify your life, you're going to be making a lot of changes in the way you spend your time. If saying no is a problem for you, go back to your short list (#21) and keep it firmly in mind. Your objective will be to get to the point where you see that by turning down an invitation you're not saying no to someone else; rather you're saying yes! to what you really want to do.

Getting rid of the clutter is not about letting go of things that are meaningful to you. It's about letting go of the things that no longer contribute to your life so you have the time and the energy and the space for the things that do.

I thought maybe Against Nature would be a book about someone who viewed things the way I did - someone trying to live a life unmarred by laziness, cowardice, and conformity.

Carlos's question made me reflect on the fact that, like a lot of hardworking, ambitious people, I had lots and lots of "deal friends" but not too many real friends, and I was pretty lonely as a result. I vowed to cultivate my few real friendships much more.

I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

I'm always trying to not spread myself too thin.

I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.

That's the way I want you to live your life, Caitlin. The way you want to, not the way that circumstances dictate.

it is possible to hang around other Christians a lot, meet regularly for worship, study our Bibles, join a church and even call ourselves a community but not change at all in ways that count.

Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile; stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions.

Ve?ina onoga što govorimo i što ?inimo nepotrebno je - ukloni površnost i imat ?eš više vremena i manje briga. Stoga bi svatko, u svakoj prilici, trebao sebe podsjetiti: ''Je li ovo, ili nije, nešto neophodno ?'' Uklanjanje nepotrebnoga trebalo bi primijeniti ne samo na djela nego i na misli - tada ne bi dolazilo do suvišnih djela.

No matter how advanced your camera you still need to be responsible for getting it to the right place at the right time and pointing it in the right direction to get the photo you want.

Always feeling rushed is no way for a prosperity-minded individual to live. The objective of life is not to get through it as fast as possible.

You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.

Each and every thing I say yes to sets the pace of my life.

I am capable of making great choices just for today.

I am no longer interested in the rat race and I want to be around in a meaningful way.

love has to be more than something we feel. It has to be something we do. We have to demonstrate it concretely in our marriage, our family, among our friends and acquaintances, and, yes, even among our enemies.