Focused Mind Quotes

the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.

A clean mind always delivers power.

Bring the mind to a sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere.

You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.

Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

The mind of one meditating on a single object becomes one-pointed. And one-pointedness of mind leads to abidance in the self. Real attainment is to be fully conscious, to be aware of surroundings and the people around, to move among them all, but not to merge consciousness in the environment. One should remain in inner independent awareness.

Whenever your mind is totally absorbed in whatever activities you are performing, your mind will remain calm and content.

When you trance out properly, when you're completely in that world, there is no other world, so there's no conflict.

Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere

The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

I figured out early on what I wanted to do.

You can accomplish anything, if you are focused and determined, believe in yourself, and get education and certifications that will give you confidence.

You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.

Meditation helps concentration of the mind. Then the mind is free from thoughts and is in the meditated form.

I want to think quietly, calmly, spaciously, never to be interrupted, never to have to rise from my chair, to slip easily from one thing to another, without any sense of hostility, or obstacle. I want to sink deeper and deeper, away from the surface, with its hard separate facts.

The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.

Taoist chanting, Confucian chanting, Christian chanting, Buddhist chanting don't matter. Chanting Coca Cola, Coca Cola, Coca Cola … can be just as good if you keep a clear mind. But if you don't keep a clear mind, and are only following your thinking as you mouth the words, even the Buddha cannot help you.

Meditation depends upon the strength of mind. It must be unceasing even when one is engaged in work. Particular time for it is meant for novices.

A lot of people don't know this about Wu-Tang, it started from a focused mind. I was given total autonomy to do whatever I want with them... They agreed, to me, to be a dictator for five years. And in those five years, it's considered some of our best work.

The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets.

Don't buy into the 20-hours-a-day entrepreneur myth. You need to sleep 8 hours a day to have a focused mind.

Gaze steadfastly at things which, though far away, are yet present to the mind.

The mind generally takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher state of the mind, when it takes up one object and excludes all others.

Whatever you can think, you can create; just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.