Quotes About Mindfulness

Weapons are inauspicious instruments, not the tools of the enlightened. When there is no choice but to use them, it is best to be calm and free from greed, and not celebrate victory. Those who celebrate victory are bloodthirsty, and the bloodthirsty cannot have their way with the world.

How many times in your life could you have abated conflicts if you had taken the time to deliberate on your problems in quiet contemplation—for example, taking a quiet walk—to think about your capabilities and limitations, and the likely gains and losses of taking action? By removing yourself from the immediate, stressful situation, you also take out the emotion that often prompts you to make rash, thoughtless decisions. The

Strong action is training the body without being burdened by the body, exercising the mind without being used by the mind, working in the world without being affected by the world, carrying out tasks without being obstructed by tasks.

Au petit matin, les esprits sont pénétrants ; durant la journée, ils s'alanguissent, et le soir, ils rentrent à la maison.

Whatever comes, let it come. What stays, let it stay. What goes, let it go.

Mindful eating is about awareness. When you eat mindfully, you slow down, pay attention to the food you're eating, and savor every bite.

Changing what you eat isn't going to help unless you start managing your stress level

Instead of thinking of food as the enemy, allow yourself to enjoy the process of planning and preparing meals or going out to lunch with a friend. Stay in the present moment and understand that the purpose of food is nourishment.

Training your mind to be in the present moment is the #1 key to making healthier choices.

Most people need a way to calm down almost daily. That's why food is such an overly used self-soothing mechanism. You are seldom more than fifty feet away from some form of food at any moment, whether it's a vending machine or a fast-food restaurant.

Tranquility in front of me. Calmness beside me. Stillness around me. Compassion inside me.

Every day we're one day closer to death. But there's no reason to rush into it.

Feed your soul with silence. That's where dreams are born.

Expect nothing and fear nothing, here or anywhere. That's your first lesson.

Expect nothing and fear nothing, here or anywhere. That is your first lesson.

You are accepting painful feelings as a part of your life, perhaps even rationalizing them as being good for you. It's time to stop.

Anger is an emotion just as joy and fear are. It is neither right nor wrong—it just is.

You need to learn to accept your flaws and forgive yourself.

Perhaps gardening could be a metaphor for life, she thought happily. Do a little digging and get rid of everything that's bothering you.

Quiet had a restful quality. In quiet, she could find peace.

she was counting the brushstrokes when she brushed her teeth — on the rare days that she did brush her teeth.

I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of a greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.

Beware of anything that you hear yourself saying often.

If one could amputate part of one's consciousness...