Quotes About Mindfulness

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.

Nothing contributes more to peace of soul than having no opinion at all.

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes.

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.

Când ai de facut o lucrare, nu te gândi mereu la întregimea ei; executa fragmentul pe care-l ai în fata, si când ai terminat cu el, mergi mai departe

Man sollte nie so viel zu tun haben, daß man zum zum Nachdenken keine Zeit mehr hat.

Nada puede contribuir tanto a la tranquilidad del alma como no tener opinión alguna.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. —Gautama Siddhãrta

If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.

The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.

I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.

One of the best means for this is the Eightfold Path expounded by the Buddha: 1. Right view 2. Right intention 3. Right speech 4. Right action 5. Right livelihood 6. Right effort 7. Right mindfulness 8. Right meditation

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands.

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.

Thoughts crawled around my head in all directions like big lazy caterpillars. I gave up, closed my eyes, and let myself drift.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that changes nothing. Anytime you say anything, I think about sex. Anytime I see you, I think about sex.

According to Maimonides, one should always walk the King's Road, staying away from the extremes, neither surrendering completely to one's emotions nor rejecting them entirely.

People are ruled by their emotions, Conlan, and anger is one of the most powerful emotions we can experience. It can fester if you don't vent it. Always take that into account.

Dwell with yourself, and you will know how short your household stuff is.

Stand or kneel with one hand on your pubic bone in front and the other on your tailbone. Notice how far apart your hands are. Now lean backward as far as possible (taking care not to hurt yourself) and continue to notice how far apart your hands are. Next, lean forward until your torso is parallel to the ground.

In the heat of battle he remains cool; in the midst of catastrophes he keeps level his mind.

The best thing you've ever done for me Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all.