Simone Weil Quotes

There is ecstasy in paying attention.

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

Attention is the material I work with.

Presence is more than just being there.

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.

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

We become what we pay attention to.

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

Where your attention goes, you go.

I don't concentrate on if a moment is scary or not. That's not my job.

Your life follows your attention. Wherever you look, you end up going.

The breath of the mind is attention.

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting.

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

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

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.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Do you, and the rest is background noise.

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

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.

Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.

The point is to be involved in the moment.