Quotes About Mindfulness

Come on inner peace — I don't have all day.

It is better to have your nose in a book than in someone else's business.

Wellness is the art of healing before you're sick.

Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.

For my own part I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better... To lie there careless of everything, quiet and warm, and with no weight upon the mind... to watch the soft shadows come and go upon the ceiling... not only to be a lotus-eater but to know that it was one's duty to be a lotus-eater.

Those obsessed with health are not healthy: the first requisite of good health is a certain calculated carelessness about oneself.

You have to be as relaxed as possible about food and fitness and the rest of it, or you'll be a slave to your beauty habits… you may have a great skin but you become a robot.

You are as important to your health as it is to you.

Health is a journal your body keeps about you.

Health is a relationship between you and your body.

My own prescription for health is less paperwork and more running barefoot through the grass.

If you don't take care of yourself, the undertaker will overtake that responsibility for you.

Take charge of your health — be your own guardian angel.

Stretching oneself too thin is the disease of modern life — letting oneself get too thick, the other.

Don't let misery settle into your heart — welcome only love.

Instead of counting your days, make your days count.

When the weather is hot, keep a cool mind. When the weather is cold, keep a warm heart.

Have you hugged yourself today?

He was never disturbed over why a thing happened.  How it happened was sufficient for him. 

consciousness

Look, winning and losing can't be quantified. They are states of mind, and losing happens only when you give up. Seen that way, then, the world can be filled with winners, and there is room for them all.

You cannot love the girl without being conscious of the fact that she has yellow hair, you cannot see the world without the intervention of the physical senses.

Empty yourself of everything," he said. "Let your mind rest at peace. Ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches. They grow and flourish and return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Practice your breathing and think upon this, Moirin.

Take your happiness where you find it, children, and don't ask too many questions. Life is too short and uncertain to do otherwise.