Attention is the beginning of devotion. — Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays
Attention is the beginning of devotion. — Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays
Attention is the beginning of devotion. — Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays
Attention is the beginning of devotion. — Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays
Attention is the beginning of devotion. — Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays
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Attention is the beginning of devotion.

— Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays
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I’m not a follower. I never have been. But I’ll definitely become someone I’m not for a few hours if it’ll make me blend — J.A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never
Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal.In — Idries Shah, Reflections
To both my parents, the world is a battle for attention, a war to be heard. — Chuck Palahniuk, Damned
Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single Pres — Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle
Evidently, a given object took no particular amount of time to draw; instead the artist took the time, or didn’t take it — Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
The most effective alternative process [to punishment] is probably extinction. This takes time but is much more rapid th — B.F. Skinner, Science and Human Behavior
Perhaps we can recognize our way out of patterns rather than repeating our way out of them. — Patti Digh, Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally
One of the most difficult things to remember is to remember to remember. We forget that we live in a body with senses an — Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening
Watch other people for clues about who they are, not just clues about how much they are or are not like you. — Patti Digh, What I Wish For You: Simple Wisdom For A Happy Life
If a person can be said to have the wrong attitude, there is no need to pay attention to his arguments. — John McCarthy
Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there. — Pink
Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect — Frank Sinatra