Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

The power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.

The breath of the mind is attention.

The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Brain studies of mental workouts in which you sustain a single, chosen focus show that the more you detach from what's distracting you and refocus on what you should be paying attention to, the stronger this brain circuitry becomes.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

I tend to focus on what I'm doing at the moment, and that takes up the entire span of my focus.

Focusing isn't just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.

Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this.

Meditation is sticking to one thought. That single thought keeps away other thoughts; distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness; by constant meditation it gains strength.

When one makes the mind stick to one thought, the mind becomes rock-steady and the energy is conserved.

To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.

Chess demands total concentration

I think talent has a huge amount to do with concentration, concentration rather than the athletic ability of your neurons. If you can concentrate on an esoteric piece of math, how can you think about the rest of your life? That's why people can leave their car keys in the gutter; they're in the midst of obsession and concentration.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

My mind is constantly in five different places, but golf is great because it forces you to focus completely and purely on what you're doing.

Attention is the key to life. Whatever you really give your attention to, you become. Whatever you really concentrate upon will come into your life. We grow into the thing that fills our thoughts as inevitably as the stream merges into the ocean at last.

You have to concentrate on the swing.

The mental ability to concentrate is inherent to all; it is not extraordinary or mysterious. Meditation is not something that a Yogi has to teach you; you already have the ability to shut out thoughts.

Where your attention goes, you go.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

Distraction wastes our energy, concentration restores it.

Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.

Concentration is at the root of mental mastery.

The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention.