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“To write is, indeed, no unpleasing employment, when one sentiment readily produces another, and both ideas and expressions present themselves at the first summons; but such happiness, the greatest genius does not always obtain; and common writers know it only to such a degree, as to credit its possibility. Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and Idler

“It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.”

Attention Known Objects Exercise Taste Judgment Steady Extending

Book:The works of ... Edmund Burke [ed. by W. King and F. Laurence].

Source: The works of ... Edmund Burke [ed. by W. King and F. Laurence].

“Focus your attention on the center of your forehead. Visualize that there is a slow but steady swirl of white light there. Visualize that the white light above your forehead is slowly moving in a clockwise direction.”

Light Moving White Attention Focus Meditation Buddhism Steady Foreheads Moving In Swirls White Light Chakra Meditation

Book:Snowboarding to Nirvana: A Novel

Source: Snowboarding to Nirvana: A Novel