Quotes About Mindfulness

Attitudes are more important than facts." That is worth repeating until its truth grips you. Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude toward that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you start to deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can modify or overcome the fact altogether.

The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.

Attitudes are more important than facts." That is worth repeating until its truth grips you.

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Change your thoughts and you change your world

Change your thoughts and change your world.

Sabbath rest is not about stopping, but about exchanging our restlessness for delight.

You weren't thinking and you weren't paying attention either. People who don't pay attention often get stuck in the Doldrums.

Why, did you know that there are almost as many kinds of stillness as there are sounds? But, sadly enough, no one pays any attention to them these days.

they never see what they're too much of a hurry to look for

and, most of all, of how much could be accomplished with just a little thought.

Tako kad nema baš ništa, uvijek imaš i više nego dovoljno. To je vrlo ekonomi?an sistem.

I call myself seven or eight times a day just to see how I am.' 'How are you?' he asked politely. 'Not very well, I'm afraid.

1. A Cup of Tea Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), recieved a university professor who came to inqure about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he could no longer restrain himself. It is overfull. No more will go in! Like this cup, Nan-in said, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your up?

Óyeme como quien oye llover, ni atenta ni distraída.

I will greet this day with love in my heart.

It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.

Work is not your enemy but your friend. How you work, not what you do, determines the course of your life. You may work grudgingly or you may work gratefully; you may work as a human or you may work as a robot. There is no work so rude that you may not exalt in it; no work so demeaning that you cannot breathe soul into it; no work so dull that you may not enliven it.

my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.

I will live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

Hafid, so far as material wealth is concerned, there is only one difference between myself and the lowliest beggar outside Herod's palace. The beggar thinks only of his next meal and I think only of the meal that will be my last. No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important, to acquire peace of mind and serenity.

most of all I will love myself. For when I do I will zealously inspect all things which enter my body, my mind, my soul, and my heart.

First, I will read the words in silence when I arise. Then, I will read the words in silence after I have partaken of my midday meal. Last, I will read the words again just before I retire at day's end, and most important, on this occasion I will read the words aloud.

The Scroll Marked VI Today I will be master of my emotions.