Quotes About Mindfulness

You know your trouble? You think too much. I've never known a happy man who thought too much. Thinking just complicates affairs. Life's like jumping a bad fence on a good horse, the more responsibility you leave to the horse the safer you'll be, and the more you leave to life the happier you are. Worrying

Choose your battles,' I snarled at Æthelstan. 'That space between your ears was given so that you can think! If you just charge whenever you see an enemy you'll earn yourself an early grave.' Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg

she certainly didn't nourish herself on promises, but was rooted in the here and now.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about nothing at all.

The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds the contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.

I do not myself think there is any superior rationality in being unhappy. The wise man will be as happy as circumstances permit, and if he finds contemplation of the universe painful beyond a point, he will contemplate something else instead.

When you find yourself inclined to brood on anything, no matter what, the best plan always is to think about it even more than you naturally would, until at last its morbid fascination is worn off.

a certain amount of boredom is...essential to a happy life

He forgets that to be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

A man cannot possibly be at peace with others until he has learned to be at peace with himself.

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realize the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

Look into the irrationality closely, with a determination not to respect it, and not to let it dominate you. Whenever it thrusts foolish thoughts or feelings into your consciousness, pull them up by the roots, examine them, and reject them.

You can get away from envy by enjoying the pleasures that come your way, by doing the work that you have to do, and by avoiding comparisons with those whom you imagine, perhaps quite falsely, to be more fortunate than yourself.

The 'practical' man, as this word is often used, is one who recognizes only the material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious of the necessity of providing food for the mind.

It is amazing how much both happiness and efficiency can be increased by the cultivation of an orderly mind, which thinks about a matter adequately at the right time rather than inadequately at all times.

We are not only aware of things, but we are often aware of being aware of them.

be indifferent to the goods that fortune has to bestow, and you will be emancipated from fear.

the world would be much happier, if men were as fully able to keep silence as they are to speak.

The 'practical' man... is one who recognizes only material needs, who realizes that men must have food for the body, but is oblivious of the necessity of providing food for the mind.

if we change the way we think, before long our thoughts change the way we feel.

Can any of you add a cubit to his height by worrying? If then you're not able to do even a little thing, why worry about the rest? Luke 12:25–26

Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled … or that day will come on you unexpectedly. Luke 21:34