“Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.”

“When a customer asks what no one else has ever asked, pay close attention.”

“Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention… the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.”

“Fear walks out of the door when there is hope around. My fear start trembling when it senses the presence of hope and When fear sees the hand of hope in my hands, it runs away.”

“when you are old and realize that time is running out, you start imagining that you have the cure for all the ills of the world in your hand, and get frustrated because no one pays you any attention”

““Mundo, you start paying closer attention to our mama and papa. They didn’t get this far in life because their eyes are closed.” I nodded. I’d never had a conversation like this before with my brother Joseph”

“If the dream is held close to the heart, and imagination is applied to what there is close at hand. Everything is still possible.”

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

“I used to pay attention to the clouds in the sky... I paid close attention for a month to see if they ever repeated. They don't repeat. And I don't think life does either. It's continually various. That's the truth about life.”

“To change ones life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.”