“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” wrote Blaise Pascal.

the still space between two consecutive breaths

perhaps forgetting about time is the wisest thing we can do with it

Tell me where you go in these silences and I will say if I have been there.

∆ Naomi Shihab Nye, from Long Distance

Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer.

“This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” --Mary Oliver

The key is to keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: this is your life - what do you want to pay attention to?

∆ Catherine Price, from How to Break Up with Your Phone