Quotes About Mindfulness

I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself.

In greeting each morning remind yourself of Dadirri by blessing yourself with the following; "Let tiny drops of stillness fall gently through my day".

While so much of our self-exploration today is hash-tagged #wellness and performed for all to see, it became obvious to me in the far reach of sacred lands, encircled by campfires and eucalypts, that sometimes the best way to pay attention to country is to keep your mouth shut, open your eyes and just listen.

The more wine I drink in moderation, the better I am.

In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me.

Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.

Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.

Art is born in attention.

There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course.

What is the biggest tragedy you wouldn't be conscious of? Letting life pass you by. Living like a starfish, clinging to your one unchanging colorless rock.

I won't offer you a penny for your thoughts, since I know they can't possibly be worth that much, but what are you thinking about?

They are good and fun and beautiful, and I'm happy. Others aren't so easy. But it is my decision to be happy during the hard times as well as the easy ones. I cannot control most things, but I can control my feelings. And I want to be happy. So I find something in every moment that I can enjoy.

Some moments are easy. They are good and fun and beautiful, and I'm happy. Others aren't so easy. But it is my decision to be happy during the hard times as well as the easy ones. I cannot control most things, but I can control my feelings. And I want to be happy. So I find something in every moment that I can enjoy.

It was amazing how slowly one could work when one really put one's mind to it.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

Human capacity for not thinking about what we're doing is infinite.

I spend 2 hours a week in an infrared sauna.

I can't leave anywhere without making my bed; it's ingrained.

As an artist, one of the ingredients to doing good work is self-awareness, and that's something I cultivate.

There was a point where I was just saying to myself, breathe. Inhale, because I felt really heavy - I felt like those cartoons when they experience G and your face is just sagging down.

I don't know if I ever realized, initially, that I didn't tic when I was so focused on my acting. I think it was after I had already done it a few years, when I went, 'Hey, interesting that this happens.'

For me, barefoot running has minimised my injuries. It creates a nice balance, when you are connection with the earth. It makes me enjoy running.

I would like to be George Clooney diplomatic. I just don't have the wherewithal yet or the inner serenity.

I want people to find their inner depth.