Quotes About Mindfulness

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest. —Henry David Thoreau

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.

How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened. --

I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain.

Kalau marah, berhitunglah sampai sepuluh sebelum berbicara, atau bahkan seratus kalau sedang marah sekali.

The art of life is the art of avoiding pain; and he is the best pilot, who steers clearest of the rocks and shoals with which it is beset.

The object of walking is to relax the mind. You should therefore not permit yourself even to think while you walk. But divert your attention by the objects surrounding you.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

When angry, count to 10 before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.

One always needs to be reminded; one is by no means always in possession of one's whole self. Our consciousness is feeble; only in moments of unusual clarity and vision do we really know about ourselves.

Thoughts come c.early while one walks.

Oui, lorsqu'on surveille le temps, il passe très lentement. J'aime beaucoup la température, quatre fois par jour, parce que, à ce moment, on se rend vraiment compte de ce que c'est en réalité qu'une minute ou même sept minutes, alors que des sept jours d'une semaine, on ne fait ici aucun cas, ce qui est affreux.

The greatest need of our time is to clean out the enormous mass of mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our minds

When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.

Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.

I will no longer wound myself with the thoughts and questions that have surrounded me like thorns: that is a penance You do not ask of me.

Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky sea that drowned his reputation.

Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.

Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything.

What I wear is pants. What I do is live. How I pray is breathe.

True contemplation is not a psychological trick but a theological grace. It can come to us ONLY as a gift, and not as a result of our own clever use of spiritual techniques.

How free you can become if you stop worrying about things that don't concern you!

The truth that many people never understand is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more your suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things start to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.