Quotes About Mindfulness

I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly or wisdom, it is a very pleasant feeling.

Being content with what you have already is an art form that leads to a peace that can't be replaced by anything else.

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.

There is no meditation without wisdom, and there is no wisdom without meditation. When a man has both meditation and wisdom, he is indeed close to nirvana.

Wisdom consists in doing the next think you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.

The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that needs to be said. Only mature minds can grasp the simple truth in all its nakedness.

The root of suffering is attachment

The trouble is you think you have time.

To know that you are a prisoner of your mind is the dawn of wisdom.

A person of knowledge and power never goes out looking for battles. All their battles are within.

A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.

Life is 10 per cent what happens and 90 per cent how you deal with it.

Create each day anew by clothing yourself with heaven and earth, bathing yourself with wisdom and love, and placing yourself in the heart of Mother Nature.

If you put on more garments, the cold cannot reach you. Similarly, increase your patience and concentration and even great injuries cannot vex your mind.

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.

Wisdom and joy arise when you learn to exist now rather than in the nonexistent past or future.

Take advantage of this human boat; Free yourself from sorrow's mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

True wisdom is free of the dramas of culture or religion and should bring us only a sense of peace and happiness.