Freida Pinto Quotes

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

It's an ear job, not an eye job.

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

Whatever you are doing, give it all of your attention. Prioritise what you're going to do carefully, and then be in the moment.

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

A lot of what acting is paying attention.

Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.

The point is to be involved in the moment.

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?

Presence is more than just being there.

I can enjoy what I'm engaged in and be fully present rather than planning my answers to questions while someone else is speaking or thinking about my next appointment while my current engagement is still in in progress.

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.

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

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

I pay attention to every minute of the day.

The best thing anybody ever told me about acting - and I think it's probably true for life, generally - is listen. You've really got to watch, and you've really got to listen. Not see and hear.

I'm good at separating things. When I'm in my classroom, I'm totally there. When I'm at an event, I'm totally there. And when I'm with my grandkids, my total attention is on them.

Presence is in the eye and ear and gut of the beholder. When you are totally present in a conversation or in a meeting, others around you perceive you as totally focused on the matter at hand and on being of value to them.

When we turn on our observation capabilities, we become much more in the moment and much more powerful. Psychic powers have been known to develop from consistent practice of paying attention. It's available to us all. It's all in what we choose to practice.

The best way to learn to be present and develop presence is to have the experience of someone you respect and admire being present with and for you.

The real value in everything you do is in the details. I just like that quote. A very similar way to say the same thing. If you're washing dishes you pay attention to washing dishes. If you're driving a car, you're paying attention to driving the car.

The big secret is the ability to stay in the room.

Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing.