Quotes About Mindfulness

It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.

Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?

Man is ill because he is never still.

Let a man overcome anger by love.

Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.

The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is possible.

... he was one of those men who like to be observers at their own lives ... such people observe their destiny much as most people tend to observe a rainy day.

For the wise man, every day is a festival.

Attention is the key; for where man's attention goes, there goes his energy, and he himself can only follow.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

The only difference between a wise man and a fool is that the wise man knows he's playing.

If a person lacks self- acceptance, he can't live with himself; if he lacks self-criticism, others can't live with him.

Man should bear in mind and ponder over the Greek admonition - Not Too Much, Not Too Little.

Modern man is too impatient and wants to master the art of meditation immediately.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.

All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.

With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

A pedestrian is a man in danger of his life. A walker is a man in possession of his soul.

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.

Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to progress without thinking.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.