Quotes About Mindfulness

The sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.

I live now and only now, and I will do what I want to do this moment and not what I decided was best for me yesterday.

Our latest moment is always our supreme moment. Five minutes delay in dinner now is more important than a great sorrow ten years gone.

Be always resolute with the present hour. Every moment is of infinite value.

A player's effectiveness is directly related to his ability to be right there, doing that thing, in the moment. ... He can't be worrying about the past or the future or the crowd or some other extraneous event. He must be able to respond in the here and now.

We inhabit ourselves without valuing ourselves, unable to see that here, now, this very moment is sacred; but once it's gone-its value is incontestable.

It is privilege of living to be ... acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life.

We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.

My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.

The way a chihuahua goes about eating a dead elephant is to take a bite and be very present with that bite. In spiritual growth, the definitive act is to take one step and let tomorrow's step take care of itself!

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

All mankind's unhappiness derives from one thing: his inability to know how to remain in repose in one room.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Keep violence in the mind Where it belongs.

A couple of times a day I sit quietly and visualize my body fighting the AIDS virus. It's the same as me sitting and seeing myself hit the perfect serve. I did that often when I was an athlete.

Be content with your wages.

'Let us not get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest. Some things in the world are far more important than wealth; one of them is the ability to enjoy simple things.

It is wealth to be content.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

Sleeping is no mean art. For its sake one must stay awake all day.

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

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