Quotes About Mindfulness

Music is one of the best ways to enjoy the present. It's not that much fun to look forward to hearing music or to remember what a song sounded like last week, but music right now absorbs us and places us directly in the moment.

Sewing mends the soul.

Stitch your stress away.

Sewing is cheaper than a psychiatrist.

Leave this military hurry and adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience.

In your patience possess ye your souls.

I'd play every day if I could. It's cheaper than a shrink and there are no telephones on my golf cart.

You don't need a camera all the time — the soul, heart, eyes, spirit, and all your other senses capture moments beautifully too.

There is something self-defeating in the too conscious pursuit of pleasure.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

You don't always have to pray for something, or to someone — you can just, simply, pray.

Life's Unpredictability. — Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. We must beware of thinking of good and evil as absolute opposites.

The sound of the rain needs no translation.

Carelessness doesn't bounce — it shatters.

While on a ladder, never step back to admire your work.

Be alert! Accidents hurt.

Most of our scars are internal.

Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind.

At a certain point, some of us just sit down and watch the rest of our lives go by. Don't let it happen to you!

Decorate yourself from the inside out.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is a civil war, and in all such contentions, triumphs are defeats.

Be cautious what tales you tell yourself — you're writing your own autobiography.

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough; and when you have enough, you have self-respect.