In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't read more

I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't hear me, he'll say 'What?'. So I'll say it again, but once again he doesn't hear me, so he says 'What?'. But really it's just some insignificant sh*t that I'm saying, but now I'm yelling, 'That tree is far away.'

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also read more

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.

Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

Talking is just masturbation without the mess.

Talking is just masturbation without the mess.

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can read more

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.