Absorption Quote by Maria Konnikova

Awareness isn't passive. It directly leads to action (or inaction).

— Deepak Chopra

Observe what is with undivided awareness.

— Bruce Lee

“Awareness, when managed and directed, becomes attention. By turning into attention, awareness becomes localized, and attains a focal point. Because of this feature, attention…

— Ilchi Lee

That which holds our attention determines our action.

— Prince William

We know, from ordinary life, that we are not able to direct our attention perfectly steadily and uniformly to one and the same object...…

— Wilhelm Wundt

Awareness knocks on the door once you begin to focus.

— Germaine Moody

Just as the senses require sensible objects to stimulate them, so our powers of observation, recollection, and imagination do not work spontaneously, but are…

— John Dewey

To observe attentively is to remember distinctly.

— Edgar Allan Poe

Your energy and your awareness are directly connected. If your energies are intense, your awareness naturally grows and sharpens.

— Jaggi Vasudev

The very act of observing disturbs the system.

— Werner Heisenberg

We have forgotten to observe. Instead of observing, we do things according to patterns.

— Andrei Tarkovsky

To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That…

— Eckhart Tolle