Mary Oliver Attention Quotations

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists, and that it is built entirely out of attention.

Attention without feeling--is only a report.

Attention is the beginning of devotion.

The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention.

I don't know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention...

Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.