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Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer.
Pico Iyer • A Beginner's Guide to Japan
In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.
Pico Iyer • The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books)
In an age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still.
Pico Iyer
“Every journey is a question of sorts, and the best journeys are the ones in which every question opens into deeper and more searching questions.”
— Pico Iyer, The Pilgrim’s Way on Waking Up
Henry David Thoreau, one of the great explorers of his time, reminded himself in his journal, “It matters not where or how far you travel—the farther commonly the worse—but how much alive you are.