Patrick Wilson Quotes

We've lost the ability to immerse ourselves in things.

When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.

I'm pretty much done with mindfulness. I'm just going to start paying attention.

When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.

Presence is more than just being there.

I've got a terrible memory; it's probably because I'm always concentrating on what I'm doing now.

Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach you how to be attentive. If any system teaches you how to be attentive, then you are attentive to the system, and that is not attention.

Giving something your time isn't the same as giving it your attention.

The quality of our attention determines our experience.

Where your attention goes, you go.

The act of paying attention contains tremendous power.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

I'm always pre-occupied with what it is that I'm doing at the moment.

If I'm improvising and I'm not doing well it's because I'm not listening very well. Either I'm overly concerned with something or I'm drifting or maybe I'm too stoned but I'm not getting a clear signal.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.

Attention is the material I work with.

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

If you're really in the process of photographing, you are absolutely aware. You are looking.

Do you, and the rest is background noise.

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

I had to make sure I kept an eye on the real world.

The point is to be involved in the moment.

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.