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preoccupation Quotes

Six of the best book quotes about preoccupation
01
“Upon the king! Let us our lives, our souls, our debts, our careful wives, our children, and our sins lay on the King! We must bear all. O hard condition, Twin-born with greatness, subject to the breath Of every fool, whose sense no more can feel But his own wringing.”
02
“Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.”
03
“I have spent weeks in the desert, forgetting to look at the moon, he says, as a married man may spend days never looking into the face of his wife. These are not sins of omission but signs of preoccupation.”
04
“I believe anyone with a preoccupation with the next world pretty clearly signals an inability to cope credibly with this one.”
05
“You need to hear the truth about yourself as frequently as possible, because your mind is so preoccupied with false self-images.”
06
“In other words, wabi-sabi tells us to stop our preoccupation with success--wealth, status, power, and luxury--and enjoy the unencumbered life.”
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