“The less you are driven by what goes on in this material world, the more you will pay attention to its details.”

“What careful planning, what painstaking attention to detail, goes into extinguishing a man's life! Far more than the hit-or-miss, haphazard circumstances of igniting it.”

“Pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, so you can pay attention to what really has your attention.”

“Have you tried to drive a harpoon through a body? No? Tut, tut, my dear sir, you must really pay attention to these details.”

“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.”

“One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.”

“COINCIDENCE You weren’t paying attention to the other half of what was going on.”

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”

“It is, therefore, upon you as the programmer of your life, to pay more attention if you truly wish to succeed at the end of your journey.”