Again, those also who are ignorant of legal regulations which they are bound to know, and which are not hard to know, they chastise; and similarly in all other cases where neglect is thought to be the cause of the ignorance, under the notion that it was in their power to prevent their ignorance, because they might have paid attention.
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
People’s envy shows how unhappy they feel; their constant attention to the doings of others how bored they are.
That would distract your attention, and attention is the whole point. Attention to the experience of something given, something you haven’t invented in your imagination.
Well… That’s what you always forget, isn’t it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what’s happening. And that’s the same as not being here and now.
