“We live inside too much. We live inside and we have square thoughts and square ideas because we live in square houses. Our lives are colored by our environments. Our attention fields are colored by it.” IdeasHumanityHouseAttentionEnvironmentToo MuchOur LivesFieldsBuddhismSquaresOur Environment Author:Frederick Lenz
“Human beings are not so in harmony with the dharma. That is why they suffer so much. But you as an individual can reach a plane of attention and can become attention itself.” HumansSufferingHumanityIndividualHuman BeingsAttentionBuddhismHarmonyPlanesDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“Deep attention, the cognitive style traditionally associated with the humanities, is characterized by concentrating on a single object for long periods (say, a novel by Dickens), ignoring outside stimuli while so engaged, preferring a single information stream, and having a high tolerance for long focus times. Hyper attention is characterized by switching focus rapidly among different tasks, preferring multiple information streams, seeking a high level of stimulation, and having a low tolerance for boredom.” LongDifferentHumanityLevelsAttentionNovelFocusStyleInformationObjectsPeriodsLowsTasksSeekingToleranceEngagedStreamsBoredomMultipleStimulusConcentratingCognitiveHigh LevelDickensStimulationHyperSwitching Author:N. Katherine Hayles
“There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed. The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.” PeopleHumanityNamesAttentionCourageSacrificeMediaInspireOrdinaryDareProtectionRecognitionCompareOrdinary PeopleUnnoticedOrdinarinessFaith In Humanity Book:Letters From Burma Source: Letters From Burma
“People must have renounced, it seems to me, all natural intelligence to dare to advance that animals are but animated machines.... It appears to me, besides, that such people can never have observed with attention the character of animals, not to have distinguished among them the different voices of need, of suffering, of joy, of pain, of love, of anger, and of all their affections. It would be very strange that they should express so well what they could not feel.” PeopleNeedsFeelsShouldWellsDifferentCharacterSeemsWould BePainJoySufferingHumanityVoiceNaturalAnimalAttentionStrangeMachinesPhilosophicalAffectionDareCrueltyVeganAnimal RightsDistinguishedAnimatedAnimal WelfareAnimal CrueltyAnimal WorldAnimal LifeAnimal EthicsAnimal TestingKindness To AnimalsDifferent VoicesDifferent AnimalsAnimal SufferingAnimal IntelligenceNatural Intelligence Author:Voltaire
“No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” IfsLoveLooksMatterDoneHumanityGivenAttentionFamilyWiseAchieveAchievementMy FamilyNo Matter WhatAccomplishAccomplishmentAccomplishedExecutivesFamily LoveAbout FamilyHappy FamilyHuman FamilyInspirational Family LoveGreat FamilyLove Your FamilyInspirational FamilyLove My FamilyLove And FamilyI Love My FamilyBeautiful FamilySibling InspirationalSpiritual FamilyFamily Matters Author:Lee Iacocca