Cynthia Ozick Quotes

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.

Don't let anything sneak past you. Don't say, 'Well, oh, I'll take a picture and put it in my photograph album.' I notice it now. I love it now. And I am grateful for it now.

The part I enjoy most is not the doing, but the noticing.

The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

It's always important to recognize your situation and not take it for granted.

I think sometimes we forget what we have, and occasionally it's important to remind ourselves.

Children may not notice the positive moments in life unless we point them out to them.

I don't take anything for granted.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

I regularly take my entrepreneurship students out walking because I want to get them in the habit of noticing and thinking about what they notice. They have to leave their phones behind to learn the basic lesson: Be where you are.

The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.

Don't think that the things around you don't count, because they do.

I'm always looking for things that are so incredibly present that they become invisible.

People should never take things for granted.

I try to take all of my experiences in and not take anything for granted.

I don't take anything for granted anymore, I'll tell you that.

Don't take for granted things.

Sometimes I stop, take a step back, and realise how good I've got it.

I don't want to take things for granted.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.

When you learn to say thank you, you see the world anew.

Gratitude arises from paying attention, from being awake in the presence of everything that lives within and without us.

I have no advice for anybody; except to, you know, be awake enough to see where you are at any given time, and how that is beautiful, and has poetry inside. Even places you hate.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation.