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.'

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

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

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

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.

So many things become beautiful when you really look.

So many things become beautiful when you really look.

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.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

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.