#observation

The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur. ↗

— William Bartram

#attention #climates #different #distinctions #explore

I sometimes think my head is so large because it is so full of dreams. ↗

— Joseph Merrick

#observation #dreams

Maybe the secret to continued success is as simple as knowing that your past successes could be done so much better now. ↗

— Bill Loguidice

#inspirational #motivational #observational #wisdome #experience

Food always sounds optimistic when you have it and pessimistic when you don’t. ↗

— Boris Zubry

#food

I perceive that I am neither a planter of the backwoods, pioneer, nor settler there, but an inhabitant of the Mind, and given to friendship and ideas. The ancient society, the Old England of New England, Massachusetts for me. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#friendship

Funny how nobody talks on the tubes, isn't it? I rarely catch the tube myself, or lifts. Confined spaces, everybody shuts down. Why is that? Perhaps we think everybody on the tube is a potential psychopath or a drunk,so we close down and pretend to read a book or something. ↗

— John Hannah

#observation #people #public #sliding-doors #society

Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#attention #concentration #connection #eagerness #inspiration

To a great mind, nothing is little. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#intelligence #observation #perspective #intelligence

What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#observation #reality #truth #music

The source of all light is in the eye. ↗

— Alan Wilson Watts

#nature #observation #relativity #nature