“Problems tend to be put into their proper perspective the moment we get off SELF, and on PURPOSE. By choosing your purpose in life - a purpose that serves the greater good - and devoting the majority of your time, energy, and attention everyday toward living it, you discover the secret to a life of fulfillment.” ThinkingSelfMomentsProblemPurposeEnergySecretAttentionGreaterPerspectiveMajorityEverydayFulfillmentPurpose Of LifeGreater GoodYour Purpose In LifeThinking Differently Author:Hal Elrod
“I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.” GodFormJoyPrayerSecretAttentionPracticeTeacherParticularConversationSilentTechniqueDevotionOverwhelmingAbandonedHabitualConversations With God Author:Brother Lawrence
“Concentration, itself, is nothing but a matter of control of the attention! Learn to fix your attention on a given subject, at will, for whatever length of time you choose, and you will have learned the secret passage-way to power and plenty! This is concentration!” WayMatterGivenSecretAttentionSubjectsPlentyConcentrationLengthPassagesYou Choose Author:Napoleon Hill
“Even at this stage, my preparations were like strapping on a parachute in an airplane that was about to crash; the whole time I was preparing to hurl myself out the door, I clung to the hope that something would happen at the last minute to forestall that terrible necessity I felt-not hostility, as psychiatric texts would say, or vengeful rage, or a desire for attention. This was done in secret, out of a need to alleviate pain which was as implacable as thirst.” NeedsDoneWholeHappensPainLastsDesireFeltSecretAttentionDoorsMinutesStageTerribleRagePreparationAirplaneCrashThirstPreparingSuicidalHostilityAlleviateLast MinutePsychiatricParachutesVengeful Author:Tracy Thompson
“The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.” WritingProcessSecretBehindsAttentionInfluenceEventsAccountsHistoricalDiversionGreat Events Book:Chapterhouse: Dune Source: Chapterhouse: Dune
“I like poems that immediately claim my attention, instead of taking my attention for granted. At first read, I want to feel compelled to pick up the poem again; I want to be curious about its byways and secret corners.” WantFeelsFirstsSecretAttentionPicksClaimsCornersCuriousGrantedCompelled Author:James Arthur
“I have always thought that by observing things with a great deal of attention you eventually wrest some of their secrets from them, making them utter what they would most like to keep to themselves.” DealsSecretAttentionObserving Book:Paris Source: Paris
“The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.” PeopleReasonSecretAttention Book:Epigrams Source: Epigrams