Quotes About Concentration

Fyodor Dostoevsky: "Try to pose for yourself this task: not to think of a polar bear, and you will see that the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.

I like swordwork. It's like riding, that way - it forces concentration, and thus opens up the world.

A little bit she was aware of the beauty she walked by, the sunlight sparkling off the quiet lake, the bare trees - it was beautiful, she was not unaware of this, but it was futile, and far away. Mostly she looked down at the muddy roots in front of her; the path, uneven with its little use, required concentration to maneuver. Perhaps it was the concentration that allowed her into the day.

concentration of wealth in capitalist countries must inevitably lead to war. That intense concentration—Britain, France, Germany, and the United States together, Lenin noted, controlled nearly 80 percent of the world's financial capital—had reduced the possibility for fresh profits in capitalist countries themselves, including the United States.

There was a certain corner where the heat of that hot August seemed concentrated, reverberated from one wall to the other

The concentration camp is the final expression of human separateness and its ultimate consequence. It is organized abandonment.

Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but is also a disruption of thought.

En qué piensa uno en momentos como éste? ¿A quién recuerda, a quién olvida, a quién ama? La respuesta es nada ni nadie en absoluto, pues los instintos, más poderosos que los pensamientos, se concentran en conservar la vida.

El que Todo lo Sabe ha dicho que todas las oraciones y toda la ascética, no importa por cuanto tiempo se practiquen, se cultivan en vano si el pensamiento permanece indolente o distraído.

You are alive! True magic involves the reduction of properties to simplicity – making them transmutable so that they can be utilized in fresh directions, bearing fruit many times. Know deliberation, self-consciousness and concentration to be antithetical to magic, and sycophancy to be a way of making stupid.

Everything that comes to us through our senses comes from the world, but the inner experience that comes to us through meditation is not dependent on worldly matters. Once we are able to experience the joy of full concentration, we will find that this in itself is an automatic antidote to desire.

It is best not to silence the mind with a crushing blow of our will.

When attention is impaired, it detracts from everything we do, and when it is well focused, it enhances everything we do.

Within Tibetan Buddhism, shamatha practice maps on to the nine stages of attentional development wherein thoughts gradually subside as concentrative power is increased to the point at which one can effortlessly maintain single-pointed focus on a chosen object for at least four hours. The accomplishment of shamatha is accompanied by a powerful experience of bliss, luminosity, and stillness.

True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness.

When we free ourselves from physical disabilities, emotional disturbances, and mental distractions, we open the gates to our soul.

We often fool ourselves that we are concentrating because we fix our attention on wavering objects.

When an asana is done correctly, the body movements are smooth, and there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind.

Pranayama is not performed by the power of will. The breath must be enticed or cajoled, like catching a horse in a field, not by chasing after it, but by standing still with an apple in one's hand.

If you want a simple way to remember the relationship between asana and concentration (dharana), it is this: If you learn a lot of little things, one day you may end up knowing a big thing.

The yogi's life is not measure by the number of his days but by the number of his breaths. Therefore, he follows the proper rhythmic patterns of slow deep breathing. These rhythmic patterns strengthen the respiratory system, soothe the nervous system and reduce craving. As desires and cravings diminish, the mind is set free and becomes a fit vehicle for concentration.

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

I had trouble focusing as a child and I still sort of do, but when you climb and you're going to die if you fall, you have 100 percent focus. That's a rarity in life and a gift to have something that brings you that clarity.

You can't be giggling and joking when you miss a shot in the modern game - not like the way when Ray Reardon used to do.