Quotes about Distraction

It's amazing how confused and distracted and misdirected so many people are.

It's a law of life: the tyranny of things.

Turn off all notifications; you should control when you want information, not the reverse.

I get easily distracted and become a bit of a giddy giggler. I'm not good at taking myself seriously, and laughing at myself helps ease the pressure.

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.

Do the things external which fall upon thee distract thee? Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.

Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of your life, however short, as your nature demands. Focus on that, and don't let anything distract you. You've wandered all over and finally realized that you never found what you were after: how to live. Not in syllogisms, not in money, or fame, or self-indulgence. Nowhere.

Throw away your books; no longer distract yourself: it is not allowed.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.

You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.

I tried to cooperate with grace, which is to say, I did not turn on the TV.