Quotes About Mindfulness

I begin to see that a man's got to be in his own heaven to be happy.

No man can avail himself of the forces of his creative imagination, while dissipating them.

A foolish man is always doing, Yet much remains to be done.

Walking is the natural recreation for a man who desires not absolutely to suppress his intellect but to turn it out to play for a season.

The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself.

To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.

Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.

Modern man has lost the option of silence.

Breathing control gives man strength, vitality, inspiration, and magic powers.

The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.

I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man.

The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Every man should be content to mind his own business.

How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?

I hate the man who eats without knowing what he's eating. I doubt his taste in more important things.

If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, ?He who is content.

A man who contemplates revenge keeps his wounds green.

If a man's thoughts are muddy, If he is reckless and full of deceit, How can he wear the yellow robe? Whoever is master of his own nature, Bright, clear and true, He may indeed wear the yellow robe.

The greatest education man has to learn is the science of self.

A man receives only what he is ready to receive... The phenomenon or fact that cannot in any wise be linked with the rest of what he has observed, he does not observe.

Afflictive emotions — our jealousy, anger, hatred, fear — can be put to an end. When you realize that these emotions are only temporary, that they always pass on like clouds in the sky, you also realize they can ultimately be abandoned.