Quotes About Mindfulness

"Worry" is a word that I don't allow myself to use.

Think much, speak little, and write less.

No blubbering over spilt wine.

Let me be big in little things...

It's the little things that count, so count the little things.

Attitude is the "little" thing that makes the big difference.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: to rise above the little things.

Before enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood, carry water.

The tighter you squeeze, the less you have.

The tongue is not the sea but it can drown you.

Try, above all things to be still and to contain yourself. You always want to rush into action. Realise that a certain kind of stillness is the most perfect form of action, like a seed can wait. One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not be a mere rushing on.

Keep calm and acupuncture on.

Don't trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you.

Allow yourself a moment of grief when life's misfortunes visit you. However, do not spend your days building a monument in honor of them.

I went to the river, dove into the water, and sat at the bottom, but my thoughts followed me.

?udno je kako je malo potrebno da budemo sre?ni a još ?udnije kako ?esto baš to malo nedostaje

For only thus, living each moment separately and looking neither forward nor back, could such a life be borne and a man keep himself alive in hope of better days.

Misli dobro, pa ?e dobro i biti.

Jer jedino tako, žive?i svaki trenutak odvojeno i ne gledaju?i ni napred ni natrag, može se ovakav život podneti i živ ?ovek sa?uvati za bolje dane.

Ponekad se cela ova šarena dnevna stvarnost našeg života zanjiše kao tanka kulisa i mi, za trenutak jedan, sagledamo ono što se nalazi iza nje. Od toga nam se zavrti u glavi, ponese nas laka nesvestica koja brzo pro?e, ali posle toga ?uvamo dugo se?anje na taj trenutak, kao saznanje koje nas krepi i daje nam snage da izdržimo ovu stvarnost na koju smo osu?eni.

I don't plan anything any more. I just live my life.

Vrijeme je da se pre?e na dostizanje višeg stupnja, a to je: unutarnja šutnja. Što vrijedi što mudro držimo jezik za zubima, ako u nama još sve vrije od oštrih sudova i brzopletih replika koje ne pokre?u naš jezik i ne prelaze preko usana, ali potresaju i paraju našu unutrašnjost?

I need nothing I have everything I need I lie upon the coffin a doughnut in my hand

Feelings come and they pass. Whatever we are feeling in any given moment is just a passing experience. Our work is to learn to accept what we feel and to learn to let it pass.