Quotes about Concentration

When we're sitting, we're truly there in the present moment; we have come home, we have arrived. We are present in that time and place; we're not pulled away by the past, the future, or by anger or jealousy in the present.

Everyone knows what attention is. It is taking possession of the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seems several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought. Focalization, concentration of consciousness are of its essence. It implies a withdrawal from some things in order to deal effectively with others.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.

Narrow all your interests until the attitude of mind and heart and body is concentration on Jesus Christ.

In The Gutenberg Elegies, Sven Birkerts laments the loss of "deep reading," which requires intense concentration, a conscious lowering of the gates of perception, and a slower pace.

Living well is both a discipline and an art. Concentrate on staying close to Me, the divine Artist.

The creation of a thousand forests is in a single acorn. Concentration

How was one to lasso her mind, and tether it to this minute, unimportant spot?

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

Beware of any work for God which enables you to evade concentration on Him. A great many Christian workers worship their work.

If thine eye be single, the whole body is full of light

the movement that has long called itself "evangelical" is in fact better labeled "soterian." That is, we have thought we were talking about "the gospel" when in fact we were concentrating on "salvation.