Men have become the tools of their tools. —Henry David Thoreau More about this quote Tags: humanity power purpose tools distraction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is not the conscious changes made in their lives by men and women — a new job, a new town, a divorce — which really shape them, like the chapter headings in a biography, but a long, slow mutation of emotion, hidden, all-penetrative; something by which they may be so taken up that the practical outward changes of their lives in the world, noted with surprise, scandal, or envy by others, pass almost unnoticed by themselves. —Nadine Gordimer More about this quote Tags: attention progress aging change emotion surprise distraction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When your heart roams or gets distracted lead it back very gently, softly putting it close to its Master; and even if you spend your whole hour doing nothing except gathering up your heart quite calmly and putting it close to Our Lord, and even if your heart does nothing except turn away as soon as you have led it back, your hour will have been very well spent —Francis de Sales More about this quote Tags: God heart distraction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email