Quotes About Mindfulness

You can't see stars in New York. That's horrible. How can you live without stars? What keeps you from thinking about yourself all the time?

Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.

Giving my brain up. That's what's important.

ARE THOSE FRIGHTENING THINGS THAT APPEAR WHEN WE TAKE OUR MIND OFF OUR GOALS; DREAMS ARE ONLY DREAMS UNTIL YOU WAKE UP AND MAKE THEM REAL; THINGS I HAVE TO DO TODAY: 1) BREATHE IN 2) BREATHE OUT.

Let's concentrate on our discussion of things that make us happy, Humble," says the psychologist.

There is no such thing as fear," Rasputin replied. "Emotions are just energy and motion that you trap inside your body because of a thought." Mini-Clark

Part of being a PUA is learning to control your own state, so you don't need alcohol or drugs

Nietzsche's famous dictum—the most common form of human stupidity is forgetting what one is trying to do

I stopped reading and stared round the room. There were the new curtains, the new shades on all the lamps, the deep new pile of the Indian carpet beneath my feet, the new loose cover of the chair that I was sitting in, the slightly different appearance of the wallpaper by the electric switch, the gleam of the new paint. I had not noticed any of them.

many people think excitement is happiness', actually 'when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace.

I guess that's all forever is. One long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at a time without getting too worked up about the last now or the next now

I guess that's all forever is," his father replied. "Just one long trail of nows. And I guess all you can do is try and live one now at a time without getting too worked up about the last now or the next now.

To reduce apparent details was to increase emotional and physical ease.

I like it when it's sunny, when it rains, when it snows. I like it when it gets dark early, when it stays light late. There's something beautiful about every moment of every day. All you have to do is make the decision to see the positive, to filter the world.

Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous. Confucius, LúnyÅ­ (Analects), ii. 15

Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

Most people don't know how to appreciate the silence. They can't help talking.

The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present…yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable.

What the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greenest where it's watered..

Do not worry about tomorrow until you have to.

You should not complain, it's not attractive.

Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.