“Become aware of God, in whose presence you are while you pray . . . Then take a formula of prayer and recite it with perfect attention both to the words you are saying and to the Person to whom you are saying them.” PersonsSpiritualPrayerPerfectAttentionPrayingFormulas Author:John Climacus
“The bourgeois thinkers of the eighteenth century thus turned Aristotle's formula on its head: satisfactions which the Greek philosopher had identified with leisure were now transposed to the sphere of work, while tasks lacking in any financial reward were drained of all significance and left to the haphazard attentions of decadent dilettantes. It now seemed as impossible that one could be happy and unproductive as it had once seemed unlikely that one could work and be human.” HumansLeftAttentionImpossibleCenturyTasksRewardsFinancialPhilosopherSatisfactionGreekSignificanceFormulasThinkerSpheresLeisureLackingUnlikelyBourgeoisDrainedGreek PhilosopherUnproductiveHaphazardDilettantes Author:Alain de Botton
“To be honest with you, I'm not sure what a pop tune is. I'm sure if I hear it on the radio, I'd say that's pop or this or that. But, really, what I pay attention to the most is just music that moves me. It's all at least a root-type music instead of a formula.” IfsMovingPayAttentionHonestTypeRootsRadioPopsBeing HonestPay AttentionNot SureTunesFormulas Author:Stevie Ray Vaughan
“There isn't any formula or method. You learn to love by loving - by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done.” LoveDoneWisdomAttentionWiseMethodPay AttentionFormulasCorny Author:Aldous Huxley