Quotes about Attention

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You only have to have two loves in your life: for God, and for the person in front of you at any particular time.

There is one thing Satan cannot stand and that is to be ignored and slighted. He lives on attention and dies of neglect.

So now, when anyone says that such and such is done too quickly, you can reply that they have looked at it too quickly.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

No one is going to pay much attention to the person who has no confidence in himself.

Are we concentrating more on the kingdom of this world than on the kingdom that is not of this world?

Jesus says in effect, 'Do you want to know what it feels like to be God? When one of those two-legged humans pays attention to me, it feels like I just reclaimed my most valuable possession, which I had given up for lost.' To God himself, it feels like the discovery of a lifetime.

Alcoholics Anonymous discovered long ago that the path toward cure involves more than a quick-fix solution based on increased knowledge. In fact, it involves a change that seems more theological than educational. Somehow the "victim" of addictive behavior must regain an underlying sense of human dignity and choice, a profound reawakening that usually requires much time, attention, and love.

The more Christians focus on tangential issues, the less we will be heard on matters of true moral significance.

In The Gutenberg Elegies, Sven Birkerts laments the loss of "deep reading," which requires intense concentration, a conscious lowering of the gates of perception, and a slower pace.

fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the beauty of the country as he hurries through it on the interstate. It is only when we sit still and gaze that the landscape fills our souls.