The Commonplace Book

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

"Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. Attention is vitality."

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

"To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work."

"Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are."

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."

"Attention is a limited resource, so pay attention to where you pay attention."

"Be here now."

"We become what we behold."

"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

"I have learned that to be with those I like is enough."

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

"When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about."

"The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will."

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."