Concentration Quotes - Page 27

• The mountains are exceptional places for, as the natural environment is concerned, they are the concentration of the wildest possible variety of all natural phenomena and forms. They are somehow a concentration of the truth of nature or even I'd say its essence.

  Wojciech Kurtyka

  Essence, Mountain, Environment

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• History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of view, belief in simple solutions, lack of balance of mind, absence of an imaginative understanding.

  Geoffrey Elton

  Simple, Views, Understanding

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• How, then, shall a Christian bear fruit? By efforts and struggles to obtain that which is freely given; by meditations on watchfulness, on prayer, on action, on temptation, and on dangers? No, there must be a full concentration of the thoughts and affections on Christ; a complete surrender of the whole being to him; a constant looking to him for grace.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Christian, Struggle, Effort

  "The Cathedral". The Atlantic Monthly, 1846.

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• The secret of success is concentration ... Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.

  Olive Schreiner

  Secret, Looks, Littles

  Olive Schreiner (2013). “The Story of an African Farm”, p.196, Courier Corporation

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• I never exploited my father’s role in helping Jews avoid the concentration camps...

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Father, Roles, Helping

  "The World According to Zbig". Interview with Charles Gati, www.politico.com. November 27, 2013.

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• I don't belong to a church or political party or a group of any kind. I feel that Amnesty International is the most civilized organization in history. Its currency is the written word. Its weapon is the letter; that's why I am a member. I believe in its non-violence; I believe in its effectiveness. Its dignity and its sense of commitment. Its focus on individuals and the concentration and tenacity with which they defend those imprisoned for their ideas has earned it the cautious respect of repressive governments throughout the world.

  Sting

  Party, Believe, Commitment

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think that both Bernie [Sanders] and Hillary [Hillary] have highlighted how much, over the last few decades, we have seen the concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands.

  Julian Castro

  Thinking, Hands, Concentration Of Wealth

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Concentration of effort and the habit of working with a definite chief aim are two of the essential factors in success, which are always found together. One leads to the other.

  David Frost

  Inspirational, Work, Two

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• The progress of the human race is effected by the operation of two forces which correspond in most respects to what in physics are often called, for want of better terms, the centripetal and centrifugal forces. These are the forces of convergence and divergence, the one tending to concentration of powers and properties, and the other to their separateness or the independence of parts. Socialism and Individualism are to appearance conflicting, though in reality complemental, in their relations to the societary movement.

  Joshua K. Ingalls

  Reality, Two, Race

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• It was a total and absolute surprise to find out that what was inside the concentration camps was a sea of skeletons. What is clear to me, therefore, is that while the tragedy of war grinds on, the contemporary aesthetics of the tragedy seem not only confused but, in some way, suspicious.

  Paul Virilio

  Confused, War, Skeletons

  Source: ctheory.net

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• In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Kings, Sacrifice

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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• One of the things that makes me a conservative, or a libertarian, or whatever the heck it is that I am - a person who doesn't much like big government - is that I do not like the concentration of the power.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, Libertarian, Conservative

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• I know people could tell incredible stories. People have been in concentration camps, or women being raped, or a man going to war and not recovering from it. People have been robbed and beaten. A lot of people have had strong events in their life, which I didn't.

  Agnes Varda

  Strong, War, Men

  Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. October 1, 2009.

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• Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

  Robin Sharma

  Motivational, Roots, Mastery

  Robin Sharma (2003). “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny”, p.47, Jaico Publishing House

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• Music taught me how to always be patient and focused, and to train the little concentration in myself.

  Hiromi

  Littles, Taught, Patient

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  Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

  Bruce Lee

  Powerful, Men, Roots

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.11, Tuttle Publishing

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• In a world suffering from mental stress, yoga promises calm. In a distracted world, yoga creates focus, creates concentration. In a world of fear, yoga promises strength and courage. A healthy body and a disciplined mind are the foundations of a world free from fear. In crafting a new self through Yoga, we create a new world.

  Narendra Modi

  Stress, Yoga, Self

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• The real challenge is figuring out how the United States can regain control of its future from its new oligarchy and restore its position as a prosperous, fair, well-educated nation. For if we don't, the current pattern of great concentration of wealth and power will worsen, and we may face the steady immiseration of most of the American population.

  Charles Ferguson

  Real, Concentration Of Wealth, Political

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• No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.

  Charles E. Wilson

  Time, Stupid, Strategy

  "Management". Book by Louis E. Boone, David L. Kurtz, Random House, Business Division, p. 100, 1987.

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• Unaccountable private power concentrations that dominate economic and social life have the means to seek to "regiment the public mind," and become "tools and tyrants" of government, in James Madison's memorable phrase, as he warned of the threats he discerned to the democratic experiment if private powers were granted free rein.

  Noam Chomsky

  Memorable, Mean, Government

  Source: www.publicanthropology.org

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• Golf is like acting in that both require concentration and relaxation at the same time. In acting, you can't push emotion. You have to let it rise from you naturally. Same thing in golf. You have to have a plan and a focus; but then you need to just let it happen and enjoy the smooth movement of the swing.

  Jane Seymour

  Golf, Swings, Focus

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• Worldwide, the twentieth century has seen the rise of extraordinary concentrations of economic and political power - evoking the people as the source of power while simultaneously privatizing its most meaningful exercise. Democracy always seems to be at least slightly elusive under such conditions.

  Thomas L. Dumm

  Meaningful, Exercise, People

  Interview with Jill Stauffer, staging.believermag.com. January 2009.

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• The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

  Tom Seaver

  Dedication, Lost, Factors

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• Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Inspiring, Goal, Achievement

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• The mind gets distracted in all sorts of ways. The heart is its own exclusive concern and diversion.

  Malcolm De Chazal

  Pregnancy, Heart, Mind

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