Quotes · Skopia

10 quotes

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Topic·Paying attention✕clear

The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

1869

★ 4.5

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

The Great Wall of China · 1931

★ 4.4

Poem · Narrative poem · Epic poem · Religious literature

He listens well who takes notes.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno · 1321

★ 4.0

Nobody sees a flower-really-it is so small-we haven't time-and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.

Georgia O'Keeffe

1939

★ 3.7

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing!

Camille Pissarro

1893

★ 3.6

Interview · Magazine

For the sublime and the beautiful and interesting, you don't have to look far away.

2007

★ 3.6

For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: pay attention to what you pay attention to.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

2013

★ 3.5

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

The Art of Stillness · 2014

★ 3.5

Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here for long.

1966

★ 1.9

Novel · Children's literature

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

The Minpins · 1990

★ 1.8