Quotes about Focus
You can think of concentration as the capacity of the mind to sustain an unwavering attention on one object of observation.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
attention and the awareness that arises from it are the doorway to true education and learning — life-long gifts that keep deepening with use.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
But meditation is not just about sitting, either. It is about stopping and being present, that is all.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
No matter what people are doing, they are much less happy when their minds are wandering than when their minds are focused
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Thinking seems to constitute our "default setting" rather than awareness.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
We will need to become more aware of and take precautions against the incredible pull of the Scylla and Charybdis of past and future, and the dreamworld they offer us in place of our lives.
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Focusing on the breath does not mean you should think about your breathing!
- Jon Kabat-Zinn
Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs.
- Jonathan Edwards
You can get a lot of work done if you stay with it and are excited and its play instead of work.
- Joseph Campbell
Pay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.
- AA Milne
So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.
- AA Milne
Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four hours sharpening the axe.
- Abraham Lincoln