In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can read more

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.

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

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

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended read more

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will read more

Let your intentions be good - embodied in good thoughts, cheerful words, and unselfish deeds - and the world will be to you a bright and happy place in which to work and play and serve

The way out is the way through

The way out is the way through

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm read more

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.

In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.