Quotes About Focus

Don't get your ambissions mixed up with your abilities

A] competent magician should have the ability to stand still at a bus stop with closed eyes and have the entire universe disappear apart from a single blazing visualised sigil or muttered spell.

Half of the skill in magick consists of identifying probabilities worth enhancing.

There has to be some theme to your work - some objective - something you want to know. There has to be a story line.

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Glancing at his notes

Always remember your focus determines your reality.

The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd.

Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

Now the king of Aram had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”

Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your feet away from evil.

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.