Quotes about Distraction

It occurs to me it is not so much the aim of the devil to lure me with evil as it is to preoccupy me with the meaningless.

The spirit which is pure, sincere, and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honour of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.

It is a reading age, a preaching age, a working age, but it is not a praying age.

In The Gutenberg Elegies, Sven Birkerts laments the loss of "deep reading," which requires intense concentration, a conscious lowering of the gates of perception, and a slower pace.

Rejection—It may be a delay. It may be a distraction. It may even be a devastation for a season but it is not your final destination.

Normal people live distracted, rarely fully present. Weird people silence the distractions and remain fully in the moment.

Most of us spend more time with advertisements than with Scripture.

God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour.

Busyness is a great enemy of relationships.

SHUN the gossip of men as much as possible, for discussion of worldly affairs, even though sincere, is a great distraction inasmuch as we are quickly ensnared and captivated by vanity.

But we also need to be careful about turning too easily and exclusively to our junk. To television, to the Internet. To movies, sports, and hobbies. To numbing wastes of time, if not to shameful lacks of self-control. Let's be honest, sometimes it's just easier to shop than to deal with our lives.

Life after death, it seems, can be a serious distraction not only from the ultimate life after life after death, but also from life before death.