Attention Quotes

"Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally." "You cannot transform yourself when your attention is on someone else’s transformation." "I want you to understand that deeper dimensions of life don't open up because you philosophize, they open up because you pay attention." "Listen deep enough, you always hear something" "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for." "Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost" "If not given appropriate attention, truth will always perish" "I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention" "A prerequisite to empathy is simply paying attention to the person in pain." "When people talk listen completely. Most people never listen" "What you focus on expands." "He listens well who takes notes" "If you focus on the small things, it prevents you from seeing the big picture" "The first essential for the child’s development is concentration." "The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention." "To be everywhere is to be nowhere." "It is better to be ill and cared for than healthy and neglected" "Everywhere, no matter what the sphere of activity, the means to become a leader is to have a focus of attention on some field of pure interest" "The more you say, the less people remember" "There's no such thing as an attention span. There is only the quality of what you are viewing."