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In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is

In an age of speed, I began to think nothing could be more exhilarating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

Pico Iyer
Thinking, Sitting Still, Age

In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

Pico Iyer
Sitting Still, Age, Movement
Pico Iyer (2014). “The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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

Pico Iyer
Age, Attention, Distraction
Pico Iyer (2014). “The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow.

Pico Iyer
Age, Acceleration, Exhilarating
"How Can We Find More Time To Be Still?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. November 21, 2014.

Dalai Lama has made new opportunities for women that they never had in Tibet, introduced science into the monks' curriculum and had Tibetan students in exile take their classes in English after the age of ten so that they will know more about the outside world. But one of the great things he's done is to bring all the Tibetan groups together in exile, as perhaps they couldn't have been when they weren't in exile and they weren't under such pressure.

Pico Iyer
Opportunity, Class, Age
Source: layoga.com

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