Quotes About Mindfulness

You should," he called after her, "because that's what life is. A series of moments. Nothing more. We must endeavor to enjoy every single one. Forget about the past and future. They have no place in the present.

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.

Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice.

Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are open and ready to accept it, that a miracle can occur.

Everyone needed a reminder to simply look at things and enjoy them, without labeling them.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

It's all in the way you breathe.

You could do worse than to spend your days staring at blue jays.

My greatest discovery has been my love of boredom and to get fun out of it.

time has become a currency, which we "spend" instead of "pass." Many of us need to relax, to unwind, and, yes, to work less.2

I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.

Hablar de despertarse cuando por fin se está tan bien así dormido.

Por qué no aceptar lo que estaba ocurriendo sin pretender explicarlo

si encontráramos la manera podríamos vivir mil veces más de lo que estamos viviendo por culpa d los relojes, de esa manía de minutos y de pasado mañana...

como un gato que mira fijo pero se ve que está por completo en otra cosa; que es otra cosa.

Cómo lo mismo da? No es lo mismo. Pasado mañana es después de mañana, y mañana es mucho después de hoy. Y hoy mismo es bastante después de ahora, en que estabamos charlando con el compañero Bruno, y yo me sentiría mucho mejor si me pudiera olvidar del tiempo y beber alguna cosa caliente.

feliz, ergo sin futuro)

Estábamos bien, y poco a poco empezábamos a no pensar. Se puede vivir sin pensar.

A veces una es tan descuidada —dijo tímidamente Clara—. Cree que lleva todo, y siempre olvida algo.

Con tan poca cosa puede un hombre ser feliz», pensó. «Ni siquiera un beso. Con tan poco. La taza de té preparada con su mínima liturgia, un insecto dormido sobre un libro, un perfume viejo. Sí, casi la nada…»

Los libros van siendo el único lugar de la casa donde todavía se puede estar tranquilo.

All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate.

El tiempo pasa tan rápido que a veces uno se equivoca en la cuenta más de lo que desearía.

Let us repeat this: inner action must precede all other action.