"The secret of happiness lies in the taking of genuine interest in all the details of daily life."
-- William Morris

"Gaining control of our attention -- the ability to put it where we want it, and keep it there for a sustained period of time -- is a prerequisite to a satisfying life."

-- Tony Schwartz

"When you really pay attention everything is your teacher."

-- Ezra Bayda

"The simple ability to pay attention to the world as we find it may be at the heart of a soulful life worth living."

-- David Whyte

"There isn't any secret formula. You learn love by loving -- by paying attention and doing what one thereby discovers has to be done."

-- Aldous Huxley

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

-- Henry Miller

"Choice of attention is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer."

-- W.H. Auden

"Whatever it is that I'm doing, if I pay attention to it, I'm going to learn something."

-- Cheri Huber

"Gratitude is always about paying attention, deliberately beholding and appreciating the other."

-- Margaret Visser

"Attention to health is the greatest hindrance to life."

-- Plato

"90% of people's problems will go away by themselves if you don't pay any attention to them."

-- Stephen Gaskin

"Attention is an experience of giving."

-- Doug Germann

"Husbands are like fires, they go out when unattended."

-- Zsa Zsa Gabor

"Boredom is a lack of attention."

-- Fritz Perls

"Attention is the intention to live without reservation in the here-and-now."

-- Timothy Miller

"The quality of one's life depends on the quality of one's attention."

-- Deepak Chopra

"When we cherish our things, they reciprocate; when we ignore them, they can turn toxic."

-- Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat

"For lack of attention, a thousand forms of loveliness eludes us everyday."

-- Evelyn Underhill

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

-- Richard Moss

"Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention."

-- Greg Anderson