Preoccupation Quotes

152 Preoccupation quotes by 135 unique authors

He realised, more vividly than ever before, that art had two constant, two unending preoccupations: it is always meditating upon death and it is always… — Boris Pasternak
This constant, unproductive preoccupation with all the things we have to do is the single largest consumer of time and energy. — Unknown Author
Meditation begins with a call that awakes us out of the coma of self-preoccupation. We are called, we are chosen. Meditation is our response to… — John Main
This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make… — Gautama Buddha
But if we believe what we profess concerning the worth of the individual, then the idea of individual development within a framework of ethical purpose… — John W. Gardner
I haven't come across any recent new ideas in film that strike me as being particularly important and that have to do with form. I… — Stanley Kubrick
I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel. In my experience, and that of a… — Eleanor Catton
In truth, philosophy is the mode of thought shaped by the most radical form of prejudice: the passion of being-in-the-world. With the sole exception of… — Peter Sloterdijk
True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will… — Boyd K. Packer
The aim of Positive Psychology is to catalyze a change in psychology from a preoccupation only with repairing the worst things in life to also… — Martin Seligman
There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being quiet… — Eugene Kennedy
We know when we are following our vocation when our soul is set free from preoccupation with itself and is able to seek God and… — Thomas Merton
Clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear. — Marcus Buckingham
It is a terrible error to let any natural impulse, physical or mental, stagnate. Crush it out, if you will, and be done with it;… — Aleister Crowley
Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations. — Jean Renoir
So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's not wicked. Go… — Kevin DeYoung
Apple was very close to bankruptcy and to irrelevance [but] you learn a lot about life through death, and I learnt a lot about vital… — Jonathan Ive
If you begin with the assumption of freedom, the preoccupation is always how to keep freedom in check, how to bind; But if you begin… — Gerhard
I know well the delectable thrill of moving into a new house somewhere altogether else, in somebody else’s county, where the climate is different, the… — Jan Morris
The rapid, sweeping deterioration of values is characterized by a preoccupation-even an obsession-with the procreative act. Abstinence before marriage and fidelity within it are openly… — Boyd K. Packer
Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make his spirit, his devotion, his affections, his desire, and… — John Eudes
Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards… — Eric Hoffer
...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest. — Aristotle
Joy is all there is. The rest is a preoccupation of the ego, unworthy of your holy mind. — Doreen Virtue
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that. — Stewart Francis

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