The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

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

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

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.

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

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

I would be willing to bet that if one day a woman walked barefoot to the moon and back and read more

I would be willing to bet that if one day a woman walked barefoot to the moon and back and a man cleaned out his desk, when the two of them sat down to dinner that night he would say, ‘Boy was that desk a 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.

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.

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.

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will read more

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve