“Such is the disposition of mankind, if they cannot blast an action, they will censure the parade of it; and whether you do what does not deserve to be taken notice of, or take notice yourself of what does, either way you incur reproach.”

“Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.”

“Reason does not need thinking. If you observe yourself making a plan you will notice that having fixed the object, the facts just keep coming, linking up into a chain of proposed action. Awareness is experiencing from moment to moment. Reason acts quickly in awareness, a thousand times faster than thought, and you do not even notice it is operating.”

“That's what happens when you love someone… you notice and notice and notice.”

“fraught, adj.

Does every “I love you” deserve an “I love you too”? Does every kiss deserve a kiss back? Does every night deserve to be spent on a lover?
If the answer to any of these is “No,” what do we do?”

“You do not notice changes in what is always before you.”

“What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.”

“I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.”

“It does not matter so much what you do. What matters is whether your soul is harmed by what you do.”

“Even European philosophers have taken notice that most of what we take for knowledge is nothing but bias and prejudice.”