Quotes About Mindfulness

In your days - things like this happen to you... You get a tap, a nudge, a gentle shake, and life whispers to you, "I know you're tired - but I don't want you to miss this."

I made a list of things I have to remember and a list of things I want to forget, but I see they are the same list.

Enjoy the elastic present, which can accommodate as little or as much as you want to put in there. Stretch it out, live inside of it.

Put the past behind you, the present moment is all that matters, in the life of those who want to be happy.

Everyone wants peace, inside and outside, and we would all have it if we knew how. Now we know how. It begins with you.

And to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money, I don't even want to come in out of the rain.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

Willpower is trying very hard not to do something you want to do very much.

Have the # life you want by being fully present to the life you have.

Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

Breathing deeply and releasing fear will help you get to where you want to be.

Your primary purpose is to enable consciousness to flow into what you do. The secondary purpose is whatever you want to achieve through the doing.

How' is always more important that 'what.' See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

If you learn to condition yourself you can change anything you want in your life.

Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.

I probably not as likely to say what's on my mind, and I think most people aren't. It's not something I would want to always be doing. So that's why I'm not a politician.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.

You cannot create in another's life against their will, but if it is something they want, your thoughts are a real force that helps them.

I say to people, keep it simple. If you want to change your food, change your breakfast.

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

I think when things linger, that's when they become a distraction. I don't want any distractions.