Distraction Quotations | Page 2

Genitals are a great distraction to scholarship

It takes an extraordinary amount of attention to manifest any ambition. But life intervenes - distractions and obligations pull us away from the ambition we originally had.

In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.

This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction.

But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions.

Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to end before we can really get down to our work.

Watching movies is my one distraction.

Now I will have less distraction.