Quotes About Focus

Yoga is difficult for the one whose mind is not subdued.

Even the mind of the wise man who labours for perfection is carried away by the vehement insistence of the senses, O son of Kunti. (2:60)

Enjoyment is just the sound of being centered.

To be present is to be prayerful.

Your mind is a constant traffic of thoughts, and it is always rush hour, day in, day out. Meditation means to watch the movement of thoughts in the mind.

In meditation you are not unconscious, you are conscious—more conscious than ever.

Everything can become a meditation if you live it totally and intensely. And then your life becomes whole.

Mind only thinks, meditation lives.

Success is like a lovely woman, wooed by many men, but folded in the arms of him alone who, free from over-zeal, firmly persists and calmly perseveres.

While his body's vigor is whole And old age is remote; While his sensuous powers are unimpaired And life not yet exhausted; Only then would a wise man Strive to perfect his soul. Why attempt to dig a well When the house is already burning?

Like a lake unruffled by any breeze, the concentrated mind is a faithful reflector that mirrors whatever is placed before it exactly as it is.

He says that whatever one reflects upon frequently becomes the inclination of the mind. If

Sam?dhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification.

One-pointedness of mind explains the fact that in any act of consciousness there is a central point of focus, towards which the entire objective datum points from its outer peripheries to its inner nucleus.

I have no average day. I have no free time. I have no hobbies. I live through my obsessions.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

I think we should be focusing on how to limit the number of abortions. There ought to be able to have a common ground and consensus as to do that.

There we go, that's it. I just hold my hand in this position for the next couple of hours.

The greatest improvement is made by the man who works most intelligently.

When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

One of the most common traits among successful people is getting up early in the morning. They put their personal priorities in front of other people's priorities as they know that their priority has to be done if it is to be done. This is why they don't spend the first few hours checking their email but instead use the early hours of the day as their 'me' time. Even a few minutes of visualization and positive thinking in the early hours

He didn't say a word or do an action that did not have a purpose

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.