Quotes About Mindfulness

In the words of Chinese Zen master Layman P'ang (c. 740–808 A.D.): My daily affairs are quite ordinary; but I'm in total harmony with them. I don't hold on to anything, don't reject anything; nowhere an obstacle or conflict. Who cares about wealth and honor? Even the poorest thing shines. My miraculous power and spiritual activity: drawing water and carrying wood.

Work is not always required. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

Be the same still mountain self and mountain peace no matter what the external conditions.

To see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle.

To the natural philosopher, the descriptive poet, the painter, and the sculptor, as well as to the common observer, the power most important to cultivate, and, at the same time, hardest to acquire is that of seeing what is before him. Sight is a faculty; seeing, an art.

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

he was a reader and so had still available an important means of relaxation and escape.

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

Words are wind, Brienne told herself. They cannot hurt you. Let them wash over you.

I love the juice but I loathe sticky fingers. Clean hands, Sansa. Whatever you do, make certain your hands are clean.

Any act can be a prayer, if done as well as we are able.

A man must know how to look before he can hope to see.

Beneath your skin are muscles. Learn to use them. It is your face. Your cheeks, your lips, your ears. Smiles and scowls should not come upon you like sudden squalls. A smile should be a servant, and come only when you call it. Learn to rule your face.

One day all men must die, but it serves no good to dwell on death. I prefer to take each day as it comes.

You should think less about the future and more about the pleasures at hand.

Swift as a deer. Quiet as a shadow. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Quick as a snake. Calm as still water. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Strong as a bear. Fierce as a wolverine. Fear cuts deeper than swords. The man who fears losing has already lost. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords. Fear cuts deeper than swords.

Best stop swallowing, you're like to choke on it.

Weigh every word before you speak it.

Fasting strengthens control over our appetites, thus contributing to self-mastery.

Love yourself! It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out!

The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about. Athletics don't make anybody long-lived or useful.

The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.

When I was young, I was afflicted with what my aunt called "convenient deafness." I still am. I have the ability to tune out what is going on around me. It is normal for me to retreat inside myself and become less and less aware of my surroundings. If I am in a group and not talking, do not suppose I am listening. I am "away." I am off in another world. Off in my natural habitat, my mind. Being

Tomorrow can be the first day of the rest of your life. All you have to do is to follow Thoreau. Inhabit your body with delight, with inexpressible satisfaction; both its weariness and its refreshments. And