John Cage

1912-1992, American Composer, Musician

Attention / Awareness
Our attention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we're living, which is so excellent once one gets one's mind and one's desires out of its way and lets it act of its own accord.

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004