Concentrated Quotes

283 quotes by 235 authors

So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like… — William James
Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through… — Ivan Pavlov
To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that… — Pope Leo XIII
If I learnt anything at all about terminal illness in my research, it's that the experience is different for everyone. I do believe that life… — Jenny Downham
Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners, forms… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is the man who is not only a machine… — Norman Mailer
The eye the point where a person's identity is concentrated. — Milan Kundera
Coconut oil contains the most concentrated natural source of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) available. Substituting coconut oil for other vegetable oils in your diet will… — Bruce Fife
If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability. — Wen Jiabao
In play, the child is always behaving beyond his age, above his usual everyday behaviour; in play he is, as it were, a head above… — Lev S. Vygotsky
What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayingsâ€”they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly… — Norman Douglas
Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus.… — A. G. Mohan
But days even earlier than these in April have a charm, â€” even days that seem raw and rainy.... There is a fascination in walking… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned. — Hugh Shelton
Having lost religious faith and the humanistic values bound up with it, he [man] concentrated on technical and material values and lost the capacity for… — Erich Fromm
Nothing seems to matter quite as much. I no longer think about death in the concentrated way I once did. I don't know? you get… — John Updike
Along the iron veins that traverse the frame of our country, beat and flow the fiery pulses of its exertion, hotter and faster every hour.… — John Ruskin
Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Virtuous people are simply those who have not been tempted sufficiently, because they live in a vegetative state, or because their purposes are so concentrated… — Isadora Duncan
The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because… — Paul Hawken

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