Able Quote by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a…

— Sylvia Boorstein

To concentrate is not to meditate, even though that is what most of you do, calling it meditation. And if concentration is not meditation,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“In mindfulness practice, wise discernment is a tool that can help us in boundary setting. Mindfulness may open the doors of perception, but it…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Effort, concentration, and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to…

— Sylvia Boorstein

“Mindfulness puts you in charge of where you place your attention. Then, when you are less preoccupied with concerns and worries, you have more…

— Carmel Sheridan

“There is no reason why mindfulness should be different from focusing all one’s attention on one’s work, to be alert and to be using…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Concentration is not thinking of one thing. On the contrary, it is excluding all thoughts, since all thoughts obstruct the sense of one's true…

— Ramana Maharshi

Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.

— Shunryu Suzuki

Meditation does not imply only the development of single-pointed concentration, sitting in some corner doing nothing. Meditation is an alert state of mind, the…

— Thubten Yeshe

Meditation drastically improves your concentration level and you don't get stressed easily.

— Kunal Kapoor

“Mindful awareness is not presented as a passive concentration on a single, steady object, but as a refined engagement with a shifting, complex world.…

— Stephen Batchelor

In meditation you first get sense control. And yoga will help you with the body and when the mind is steady, concentration will come…

— Sathya Sai Baba