Quotes about Attention
The moment Kafka attracts more attenetion than Joseph K., Kafka's posthumous death begins.
— Milan Kundera
Because people who decline organized leisure activities are deserters from the great common struggle against boredom, and they deserve neither attention nor helmets.
— Milan Kundera
He understands that that impatience to speak is also an implacable uninterest in listening
— Milan Kundera
Leave nothing to chance. Overlook nothing. Combine contradictory observations. Allow yourself enough time.
— Carl Sagan
If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
You have to train yourself, to learn how to go home to the present moment, to the here and now.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Do everything in mindfulness so you can really be there, so you can love.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
mindfulness is not something that is only done in a meditation hall; it is also done in the kitchen, in the garden, when we are on the telephone, when we are driving a car, when we are doing the dishes. If
— Thich Nhat Hanh
We tend to focus on the object and call it reality. We don't notice how our mind intervenes in our perception.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If there is a kiss cam on the screen, of course I'm going to watch it.
— David Goffin
There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing.
— GK Chesterton
Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.
— GK Chesterton