Focus Quote by Tara Brach

“Attention is the most basic form of love; through it we bless and are blessed”

— John Tarrant

Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.

— Tara Brach

“Attention is the most concrete expression of love. What we pay attention to thrives. What we do not pay attention to withers and dies.…

— Karen Maezen Miller

By far the most important form of attention we can give our loved ones is listening... True listening is love in action.

— M. Scott Peck

“I learned that attention is a prize, in love. The first thing you give. And the first thing to go, when the ‘new’ wears…

— Todd Johnson

“Maybe the ability to confer attention to another person was not simply common courtesy, but was the fundamental act of humanity. When it came…

— Carolyn Jourdan

“We need to maintain an awareness of our awareness, of what we are paying attention to, in order to discriminate between higher and lower…

— Paul O'Brien

“Attention to the present moment. We make the choice, moment by moment, to be fully here. Attending to our present-moment mind and body is…

— Pema Chödrön

“Maybe, when all was said and done, that was where love began and what kept it alive: the simple, everyday act of paying attention.”

— Nancy Atherton

“But to pay attention is to love everything.”

— Sarah Manguso

Love happens when we pay attention

— Declan Donnellan

Love is effortless attention.

— Guy Finley