#concentration

A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth-that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which a man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of human is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for the brief moment, in the contemplation of his beloved. In a position of utter desolation, when a man cannot express himself in positive action, when his only achievement may consist in enduring his sufferings in the right way-an honorable way-in such a position man can, through loving contemplation of the image he carries of his beloved, achieve fulfillment. For the first time in my life I was able to understand the meaning of the words,"The angels are lost in perpetual contemplation of an infinite glory. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#life #philosophy #victor-frankl #life

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. ↗

— Lord Acton

#control #few #frequently #gangsters #get

Much that is terrible we do not know. Much that is beautiful we shall still discover. Let's sail till we come to the edge. ↗

— Thomas M. Disch

#beauty

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. ↗

— Chris Evert

#far #game #gotten #me #mental

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. ↗

— Michael Faraday

#concentration #discrimination #entrepreneurial #essential #five

My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B. ↗

— Jenson Button

#always #any #anything #appalling #because

At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration. ↗

— Nick Cave

#concentration #difference #feel #focus #i

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#circumstances #concentration #democracy #executive #executive power

The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but in the interests of people, not concentrations of state-private power. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#globalisation #interests #most #movement #people

If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries. ↗

— Helen Clark

#been #concentration #countries #create #currently