Attention Quotes

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Pay attention to things that don't fit.

Pain = regret of the past projected into potential negative futures. Otherwise it's just sensation. Being present = peace.

People don’t read enough. And what reading we do is cursory, without absorbing the subtleties and nuances that lie deep within – Wow, you’ve stopped paying attention, haven’t you? People can’t even read a coffee cup without drifting off.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Perfectly calibrated for split attention.

Dr Dorian, I owe you an apology. Obviously I was unclear when I said, "Stay in the MRI room with that patient." It must have sounded like, "Leave, and do other things."