Quotes About Mindfulness

As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.

And don't forget to enjoy simple stuff like...being alive, which in itself is amazing news. For me, personally, it means I'm not dead, and I'm a fan of that. Optimism can start small, ya know?

It seems backward, but keeping your mind focused on the present will get you further toward your goals than keeping your mind focused on the goal itself.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

I've begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.

It is when you are angry that you must watch how you talk.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Sometimes when you're upset it's so easy to forget what's real and go for what makes you feel better. (131)

They say there's no harm in daydreaming, but there is.

Es lo único que voy a decir sobre este tema por ahora. Como dice Chloé, hay cosas a las que más vale no darles muchas vueltas. Si quieres leer algo, lee el espacio blanco que queda en esta página. Soy yo, el que está en ese espacio.

I always remind myself of all the things I should note if I am to be a good person, one sound and balanced. One night . . . I reminded myself that 22 species of flowers were blooming in my backyard. . . . that fact helped a great deal.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognise that we ought to control our thoughts.

Silence is an ornament which is visible from the inside. (Le silence est une parure Qui se voit de l'intérieur)

The noise hides the silence. It does not destroy the silence. (Le bruit cache le silence. - Il ne détruit le silence.)

The less men think, the more they talk.

I've also learned, thank goodness, that anger and resentment are just like poison. Left to fester, they will destroy and attack any chance or opportunity you'll ever have of being more and living fully. Fear,

Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me.

I was attentive to my knife and fork, spoon, glasses, and other instruments of self-destruction...

Let us take heed how we laugh without reason, lest we cry with it.

Try to think not; and 'twill seem better.' 'I've

I will live in the Past, Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.