“Power plants break up the way you see the world; they can push you into the second attention; yet to continuously take them, weakens the subtle psychical body.” WorldWayBodyAttentionBreakBuddhismBalancePlantSubtlePower Plants Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's like looking at the sun, that's how infinity is. You can't look at it for too long or you dissolve. The bands of your attention break. But if you look at it in specific ways, you can become something or someone much more conscious.” IfsWayLooksLongAttentionBreakSunAwarenessBuddhismBandConsciousInfinity Author:Frederick Lenz
“Foreign policy commands attention when it's crisis management. A street revolt breaks out in Egypt or Libya or Kiev and everyone asks, how should the president respond? Now these are important parts of America's role in the world, but they are essentially reactive and tactical. The broader challenge is to lay down a longer-term strategy that endures after the crisis of the moment.” WorldShouldImportantMomentsAmericaAsksPresidentTermChallengesAttentionRolesBreakStreetsPolicyManagementCrisisStrategyLaysEndureCommandForeign PolicyEgyptRevoltBreak OutLibyaTacticalCrisis ManagementKiev Author:Fareed Zakaria
“Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention, and they will die imperceptibly away. Fix your thoughts upon your business, fill your intervals with company, and sunshine will again break in upon your mind.” MindReasonDeathDiesHopeWishSinAttentionCompanyBreakTroubleSunshineIntervals Book:The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776 Source: The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776
“Dialogue is really aimed at going into the whole thought process and changing the way the thought process occurs collectively. We haven't really paid much attention to thought as a process. We have engaged in thoughts, put we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process. Why does thought require attention? Everything requires attention, really. If we ran machines without paying attention to them, they would break down. Our thought, too, is a process, and it requires attention, otherwise its going to go wrong.” IfsWayDoeWholeProcessAttentionBreakMachinesPaidDialoguePay AttentionRanEngagedOur ThoughtsBreaking DownThought Process Author:David Bohm
“Take imagination breaks... Relaxed attention is one of the most important states of mind for creativity, and sometimes it has to be learned.” MindImportantSometimesStatesImaginationAttentionBreakCreativityState Of MindRelaxed Book:The New Creative Artist Source: The New Creative Artist
“Every single person has a story that will break your heart. And if you're paying attention, many people... have a story that will bring you to your knees. Nobody rides for free.” PeopleIfsHeartPersonsStoriesAttentionBreakPay AttentionKneesSingle PersonBreak Your Heart Author:Brené Brown
“I've written in every imaginable location; a repurposed closet, the kitchen table, the bleachers while my kids had basketball practice, the front seat of the car when they were at soccer. In airports. On trains. In the break room when I was supposed to be wolfing down dinner. In the back of classrooms when I was supposed to be paying attention.” KidsRoomsAttentionBreakPracticeWrittenCarFrontsBasketballTablesTrainDinnerSupposed To BeSoccerPay AttentionKitchenSeatsClassroomLocationClosetsAirportsKitchen TableBleachers Author:Laurie Halse Anderson