Quotes About Mindfulness

Quiconque est authentiquement heureux ou sage le demeure dans chaque situation. Il apporte cette qualité avec lui partout où il va. La sagesse et le contentement font partie de sa nature.

There is one last thing I would wish for you to know, and to know this truth without any doubt. It will save you, literally, from endless years of futile search and struggle. And it is certain that you will come to know this rescuing power as long as you choose it before all else. Here it is: You have the right to live without being compromised by any negative state.

The next time you think that there's something that you "can't live without", wait for a week and then see if you're still alive or not

She was learning something important: how to live within the sound of her own slow breathing, how to love the view when her eyes were shut.

Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.

The crucial thing here is not to listen to your mind. Your mind has got its basic communication lines crossed. If you try to fly in this flak you will shoot down your own aircraft. Keep close to yourself...fly under your own radar. Let the anti-aircraft guns discharge their ammunition into the plaid sky. Steal home, undetected even by yourself. Whatever you do, in this state, don't think.

The opposite of depression isn't feeling happy but being fully alive, however painful

I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?

Invest in what's real. Clean as you go. Drink while you cook. Make it fun. It doesn't have to be complicated. It will be what it will be.

Don't switch off. Stay engaged. Resist distraction. Concentrate. Focus. Be present. Smell the coffee. Taste the food. Listen to the speech. Keep that Latin accurate. Stop thinking about what's coming next, stop checking the mobile, and relish what's happening now. Seize the day. For all you know, it's the only one you've got. Live in the moment.

Meditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought.

An unwatched pot boils immediately.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

Your mind can only hold one thought at a time. Make it a positive and constructive one.

Remember that a minute of anger denies you sixty seconds of happiness. 1248

Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to those that are giving you trouble.

Do you always want to be right, or do you want to be happy

Survival of all or none. One raindrop raises the sea. Weapons are enemies even to their owners. Give more, take less. Others first, self last. Observe, listen, and learn. Do one thing at a time. Sing every day. Exercise imagination. Eat to live, don't live to eat.

A moment well spent is the best accomplishment. Yesterday is a phantom and tomorrow a mirage. The only day worth living is this one. If we can do that wekl, the yesterdays and tomorrows take care of themselves

Breathe Deep, Seek Peace.

If you'd had all the experiences I've had, you'd know that there are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and just let them happen.

Attention does for consciousness what our hands do for our bodies: it grabs hold of nature so that we can change it