Quotes About Mindfulness

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.

The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.

Men who are addicted to the passions are like the torch-carrier running against the wind; his hands are sure to be burned.

The soul is dyed by the thoughts. Dye it then, with a continuous series of such thoughts as these - that where a man can live, there - if he will - he can also live well.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

A man becomes a Buddha the moment he accepts all that life brings with gratitude.

He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbours.

Man cannot always think of matter, however pleasurable it may be.

A man is ever apt to contemplate himself out of all proportion to his surroundings.

Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.

A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.

All sorrow has its root in man's inability to sit quiet in a room by himself.

people too busy leading their lives to worry about extending their life expectancy.

The businessman turns out to have a lot of zanshin. Translating this concept into English is like translating "fuckface" into Nipponese, but it might translate into "emotional intensity" in football lingo.

If it weren't for the obvious drawbacks, I would recommend that everyone go crazy at least once in their lifetime," El said. "It's the most fascinating thing I've ever done. Going about it mindfully requires diligent effort. A

The mind couldn't think about the End of the World all the time. It needed the occasional break, a romp through the trivial.

the one and only key to a successful nap was to break the thread of consciousness just long enough for the switch to be thrown to "off." When it got thrown to "on" again, even if it was only a few minutes later, the brain–body system rebooted itself, like a fucked-up computer that just needs to be unplugged from the wall for ten seconds and restarted in order to come back to life in clean working order.

Regret, even horror were appropriate. But detachment was necessary.

Be a gift to everyone who enters your life, and to everyone whose life you enter. Be careful not to enter another's life if you cannot be a gift.

There is nothing I have to do, nowhere I have to go, and no way I have to be except exactly the way I am being right now. My happiness is knowing this, my joy is expressing it, my bliss is experiencing it.

When fear is taken from you, all else can be taken from you and you will not be angry.

Enjoy everything, need nothing and choose what shows up.

The result of your not listening to your experience is that you keep re-living it, over and over again.