Our Attention Quotes

204 quotes by 162 authors

Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities. — William Throsby Bridges
Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good,… — Richard Cecil
Today, our attention is less than the television advertisement. We're looking at six or seven problems constantly. We're living in the disturbed societies of cities.… — Marina Abramovic
To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing… — Mark Nepo
Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature… — Paul Brunton
Like everyone, I'm saddened and horrified by this. All I'll say is that I'm personally trying to pay more attention to the victims than to… — John Green
During meditation, if we can concentrate all our attention on one point, and put all problems in front of it, then they can be solved… — Ching Hai
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace our questions: Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can… — Terry Tempest Williams
Surprise quality can be achieved in many ways. It may be produced by a certain stimulating geometrical relationship between elements in the picture or through… — Alexey Brodovitch
Unhappiness on earth cultivates a hunger for heaven. By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God holds our attention. — Max Lucado
I don't believe there's anything cosmic or divine or morally superior about whales and dolphins or sharks or trees, but I do think that everything… — Tim Winton
The media know exactly what they're doing, focusing our attention on Arsenio's hairdo. We need to keep our brains brimming with rubbish. If we didn't,… — Cynthia Heimel
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and… — Alexander Hamilton
A design is intuitive when people just know what to do and they donâ€™t have to go through any training to get there When a… — Jared Spool
Well, honestly, both my husband and I tend to ignore the tabloids. We see them every once in awhile or it comes to our attention… — Connie Chung
It is where we embrace our questions. . . . Can we listen with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention… — Terry Tempest Williams
I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing our attention and energy… — George W. Bush
The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation.… — Alison Lurie
It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of bad social [literary]… — Michael Moorcock
Peace comes from the absence of fear, from a consciousness of trust, from a deep, underlying faith in the absolute goodness and mercy, the final… — Ernest Holmes

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