“The knowledge that is suited to our situation and powers, the whole compass of moral, natural, and mathematical science, was neglected by the new Platonists; whilst they exhausted their strength in the verbal disputes of metaphysics, attempted to explore the secrets of the invisible world, and studied to reconcile Aristotle with Plato, on subjects of which both these philosophers were as ignorant as the rest of mankind.” WorldWholeNaturalSecretSituationMoralHistorySubjectsMankindPhilosopherInvisibleIgnorantMathematicalMetaphysicsExhaustedPlatoCompassDisputesNeglectedReconcileRoman Empire Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“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
“The secret for an artist is to make that a subject and not bang your head against the wall and give up. But to turn it into and treat the new subject matter, which is one's own vanishing.” GivingMatterArtistTurnsSecretSubjectsWallGiving UpTreatsBangsSubject MatterVanishing Author:Clive James