Quotes About Mindfulness

We've all had those moments where we take a person for granted.

I'm just trying to enjoy the heck out of each of my moments and find little things about every day that make me feel good.

I hyper-analyze everything; I'm always in my head. Those moments where you don't think and you're just part of the environment did not come easily to me, but it was those moments and highs that I chased.

Sometimes I feel I'm too 'busy' around my daughter. It bothers me. I consciously plan 'mommy and me time' for this reason. Just her and I and no phone, emails, or other people. Even if it's just being together doing nothing but being together.

The thing with focus is that it's not this thing you aspire to, like, 'Oh, on Monday I'm going to be focused.' It's every single minute: 'Why are we talking about this when we're supposed to be talking about this?'

The constant monitoring of our emotional landscape and personal interactions is a bizarre concept. But it is one that could help many people.

I have no inner monologue.

I love a massage - I should go more often, but I think I go once a month.

When I exercise, I need to connect to myself and see how I'm feeling at the moment because my mood is constantly changing.

I'm all for information diets, which are helpful for the mood and for the art.

There is nothing you can see that is not a Bashoflower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

If you didn't have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn't be morality but with consciousness that you have it.

So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.

I had benefited so much from Vipassana, I felt it was important for many more people to be able to share the experience.

I always run without music. Being disconnected is what I'm addicted to more than anything. There aren't many places where you can be without your phone and computer. I've started to crave and enjoy that time alone.

Meditation is essential. I try to start each morning with a focus on the breath and three things I'm grateful for.

I've been meditating since 14 years and my mornings are spent in the building garden.

You find little ways to keep your mind at peace so that you can, at the end of the day, do the most important thing, which is do a good job.

You are the most important thing in your life. Put yourself at the center of your life.

Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I've learned that there's a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I'm on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.

One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh, and he makes me think.