Quotes About Attention

Don't waste your time on the little insignificant things,because they will only become important if you can Get them down to the T ,but even then they will still prove to be a waste of time.

Life is like driving a car. You have to look left or right before you turn to your path, however you just have to look at the blind spot to see what's coming behind you.

The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.

When you place your attention on others, your life will be more fulfilled.

Pain: An uninvited guest that comes into our lives that demands our fullest attention before it can even think about leaving us.

Don't worry about the past and the future. This moment needs your attention, this is where your life exists.

Do not listen to your enemy...look at them. It will tell you everything.

Let me say what sorcery is not: it is not divine power, which comes with a thought and a blink. It must be made and worked, planned and searched out, dug up, dried, chopped and ground, cooked, spoken over, and sung. Even after all that, it can fail, as gods do not. If my herbs are not fresh enough, if my attention falters, if my will is weak, the draughts go stale and rancid in my hands.

La presencia de Aquiles era como una china en el zapato, imposible de pasar por alto. Tenía la piel del color del aceite de oliva recién prensado y era suave como la madera pulida, sin las cicatrices y magulladuras de que estábamos cubiertos los demás.

I always thought I should be treated like a star.

It is better to be looked over than overlooked.

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

Yeah. And don't worry, this time she won't forget to put film in the camera.

I can remember a time when I took Henry James's advice--'try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!'--deeply to heart. I think I was then imagining that the net effect of becoming one of those people would be one of accretion. Whereas if you truly become someone on whom nothing is lost, then loss will not be lost upon you, either.

When I say "hope", I don't mean hope for anything in particular. I guess I just mean it's worth it to keep one's eyes open.

The people who applaud the loudest, Lucrezia notes, are the ones who talked through the performance.

But his is a mind also easily distracted.

Hamnet learns quickly, can recite by rote, but he will not keep his mind on his

I will send word,' he says, behind her, and she starts. She had almost forgotten he was there. What was it he had been saying? 'Send word?' she repeats. 'To whom?' 'To you.' 'To me? Why?' She gestures down at herself. 'I am here before you.

To ignore it is to drain it of its power.

A bee drones by, scribbling on the air near their heads...

Like the air, God's Grace is available to us. It is permeating every fibre of Being and the Being of the entire universe. When we take our attention to that Being, finer than the finest, then we establish ourselves on the level of God's Grace. Immediately we just enjoy. Life is Bliss!

We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors.

When we slow down to notice, the universe gives us the signs we need.