Quotes About Mindfulness

I think the problem is that people spend so much time worrying about what might happen, what might go wrong, that they completely lose sight of the present. They completely overlook the fact that, actually, right now, everything's fine. You can see that quite clearly in your interrogation exercise. What was it that chap told you? It's not the violence that breaks you. It's the threat of it. So why not just stay in the moment?

Ruthlessness, charm, focus, mental toughness, fearlessness, mindfulness (living in the moment), and action. Who wouldn't, at certain points in their lives, benefit from kicking one or two of them up a notch? What was important was being able to turn them back down.

I think the problem is that people spend so much time worrying about what might happen, what might go wrong, that they completely lose sight of the present.

The goal was to center his mind on playing the shot at hand, rather than obsessing, at exactly the wrong moment, about the consequences.

Yet anchoring your thoughts unswervingly in the present, focusing exclusively, immediately, on the here and now, is a cognitive discipline that both psychopathy and spiritual enlightenment have in common.

The spiritual experience isn't one of filling ourselves up— with either religious or intellectual beliefs—but of emptying ourselves so that we can experience what is, directly, unfiltered.

Mindfulness is fundamentally about being present for our life, for each moment in a wholehearted, nonreactive, inquisitive, and intuitive way.

The Buddha said everything starts with thoughts; that we speak and act based on thoughts; that our words and actions turn into habits—or addictions; and that those habits shape our character into something inflexible. So, he says, "Watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings…. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become." This

The spiritual experience isn't one of filling ourselves up— with either religious or intellectual beliefs—but of emptying ourselves so that we can experience what is, directly, unfiltered. This

to counter negativity in the mind is a classical Buddhist teaching called "replacing with the opposite";

Sometimes we simply can't let go because we are so habituated to our fears, resentments, and grief.

What-is-ness is accepting everything for what it is. When shit inevitably happens: it is what it is. You are at peace with the nature of this new reality.

Sometimes we're bitching and complaining about shit we can't fucking change. Make the best of those moments. Complete those moments. And after completing them, move on rather than sitting there and letting it fuck up your day. That's my suggestion. Be like water: allow, adapt, and keep moving.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

The only factor becoming scarce in a world of abundance is human attention.

robust intelligence may be a liability—especially if by "intelligence" we mean our peculiar self-awareness, all our frantic loops of introspection and messy currents of self-consciousness. We want our self-driving car to be inhumanly focused on the road, not obsessing over an argument it had with the garage.

The purpose of listening is not to reply, but to hear what is not being said.

Unhappiness comes from wanting what others have. Happiness is wanting what you already have.

When you are anxious because of your to-do list take comfort in your have-done list.

We are unconsciously distracted by seeing our reflection. You can alleviate a lot of the fatigue of teleconferencing all day if you turn off your self-view.

the value of our attention has been remarkably stable over 20 years.

We want our self-driving car to be inhumanly focused on the road, not obsessing over an argument it had with the garage.

Think about and meditate on things you are thankful for. More importantly, think about people you are thankful for and why.

Live your life; Don't life your live