Quotes About Mindfulness

Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. —Sivananda Saraswati

Two sure ways to fail: Think and never do or do and never think.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now. - Buddha

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. - Frank Outlaw

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. - Charles Swindoll

Most diets would have you cutting things out from your diet they are about denial and discipline.

Don't mistake not worrying for not caring. Peace isn't something I can explain, but I'm grateful to have it. This feels much better.

I can assure you there's every reason to flirt whenever and wherever possible. It's scientifically proven to lower blood pressure, ease stress, and provide a great lucidity of mind.

Ante todo, recuerde honrarse a sí mismo. Si está exhausto, satisfaga sus propias necesidades antes de tratar de ayudar a otras personas o al mundo que le rodea.

there is no such thing as a charmed life, not for any of us, no matter where we live or how mindfully we attend to the tasks at hand. But there are charmed moments, all the time, in every life and in every day, if we are only awake enough to experience them when they come and wise enough to appreciate them.

Meaning and purpose come not from accomplishing great things in the world, but simply from loving those who are right in front of you, doing all you can with what you have, in the time you have, in the place where you are.

Reading, reading actively, strengthens the soul.

It went against human nature to truly savor every moment and continually remain aware of all they had to be grateful for.

Remember this moment. Be aware of the good. Keep it for the dark days.

To cast off the delusive way of ordinary consciousness while sitting on a cushion in a quiet room is only the beginning. The student must learn to live in the ordinary world, while yet retaining the quality of his experience of absolute samadhi.

One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of despair is in reality a gain rather than a loss. Any experience is to be regarded as a part of one's assets.

Zen training is a means of enabling us to live our ordinary lives supremely well.

Katsuki Sekida, Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy (New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1975; Boston: Shambhala, 2005).

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

Recognize that you don't know where you stand, and you will begin to watch where you put your feet. That's when a path appears.

Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is ready cash–use it.

Yesterday is a canceled check tomorrow is a promissory note today is the only cash you have -- so spend it wisely.

If you can, judge less and observe more.

You enjoy things less when you are always trying to control things instead of just living.