“The way you learn is by sitting with the Master, as he moves into those states of attention, you feel that and follow him. He generates tremendous energy when he's doing anything. You are taught inwardly.” WayFeelsStatesWisdomMovingEnergyAttentionTaughtMastersBuddhismSitting Author:Frederick Lenz
“Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want to try to stay with -- whatever is going on.” WantTryingPayAttentionTaughtPay Attention Author:Jane Hirshfield
“There is an art to grieving. To grieve well the loss of anyone or anything--a parent, a love, a child, an era, a home, a job--is a creative act. It takes attention and patience and courage. But many of us do not know how to grieve. We were never taught, and we don't see examples of full-bodied grieving around us. Our culture favors the fast-food model of mourning--get over it quick and get back to work; affix the bandage of "closure" and move on.” KnowsWellsChildrenArtHomeJobsMovingCultureParentLossAttentionKnow HowCreativeExampleTaughtModelsFavorsErasGrievingMourningOver ItGet BackGet OverFast FoodClosureBack To WorkBandages Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Not being one to calculate or look ahead, I had not stopped to think, when boys started paying attention to me, that the cup might be dashed from my lips, though experience should have taught me that dashing cups from lips was the way Victorian parents got most of their exercise.” ThinkingWayShouldLooksMightParentAttentionBoysTaughtExerciseShould HaveLipsCupsPay AttentionVictorianDashing Book:No Laughing Matter: The Autobiography of a Wasp Source: No Laughing Matter: The Autobiography of a Wasp
“Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.” KnowsWellsAsksPowerfulPayAttentionTaughtEmptySpeciesStartingPay AttentionFlexibilityCognitiveTaught UsLearnersCognitive ScienceEmpty Heads Author:Paul Bloom
“Taught from their infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and, roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison. Men have various employments and pursuits which engage their attention, and give a character to the opening mind; but women, confined to one, and having their thoughts constantly directed to the most insignificant part of themselves, seldom extend their views beyond the triumph of the hour.” MenGivingMindCharacterBodyWomenHoursViewsAttentionTaughtShapesPrisonRoundsVariousPursuitOpeningEmploymentTriumphCagesInsignificantConfinedInfancyRoaming Author:Mary Wollstonecraft
“Abraham Maslow taught me, that when you're working with a patient, never let them spend more than a few moments on the problem, because what you think about is what expands, and if they're talking about the problem all the time, when they leave your session, the problem will expand. Get 'em to put their attention on what they intend to create, or on solutions.” IfsThinkingMomentsProblemAttentionTalkingTaughtSolutionsPatientEmsSessionAbraham Author:Wayne Dyer
“Poets are immersed in process, and I mean process not as an amorphous blur but as a discipline. The hard work of writing has taught me that in matters of the heart, such as writing, or faith, there is no right or wrong way to do it, but only the way of your life. Just paying attention will teach you what bears fruit and what doesn't. But it will be necessary to revise--to doodle, scratch out, erase, even make a mess of things--in order to make it come out right.” WayWritingHeartMeanMatterHardOrderProcessAttentionTeachTaughtPoetHard WorkBearsDisciplineFruitMessPay AttentionScratchesEraseWrong WayBlurMatters Of The Heart Author:Kathleen Norris
“Modern physics has taught us that the nature of any system cannot be discovered by dividing it into its component parts and studying each part by itself... We must keep our attention fixed on the whole and on the interconnection between the parts. The same is true of our intellectual life. It is impossible to make a clear cut between science, religion, and art. The whole is never equal simply to the sum of its various parts.” ArtWholeAttentionStudyClearCuttingImpossibleModernTaughtEqualIntellectualVariousPhysicsFixedComponentsTaught UsDividingScience ReligionInterconnectionIntellectual LifeModern PhysicsReligion And Art Author:Max Planck
“The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.” IfsWayDoneHandsLife IsDiesLosesAbilityPayAttentionMilitaryTaughtTasksImportanceAccomplishMissionsPay AttentionTimelyCompletingLieutenantsTimelinesTask At Hand Author:Don Young
“Mama always taught her children that words were pretty, but anyone can talk. She said, pay attention to that man or woman who acted, who did, who performed. She taught us to trust in thing we could see, not that we heard.” MenChildrenSaidPayAttentionHeardTaughtPay AttentionMamaTaught Us Book:Beach Music Source: Beach Music