Slowness

What is this life if, full of care, / We have no time to stand and stare - W. H. Davies, http://oxford.ly/ZnT6SN

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast - William Shakespeare

We must slow down to a human tempo and we'll begin to have time to listen. As soon as we listen to what's going on, things will begin to take shape by themselves. But for this we have to experience time in a new way - Thomas Merton (d.1968) http://www.gratefulness.org/readings/dsr_merton_recol.htm

We have not heard from our ambassador in Spain for two years. If we do not hear from him this year, let us write him a letter - Thomas Jefferson

There is more to life than simply increasing its speed - Mahatma Gandhi

The way of progress is neither swift nor easy - Marie Curie

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry - John Jensen

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon! - John F. Kennedy