Quotes About Mindfulness

Transformation often demands that we separate our emotional responses from our rational minds

Travel by foot. There is so much you can't identify at top speed.

It's not cool to be an alcoholic.

All of my life has been a relearning to pray- a letting go of incantational magic, petition, and the vain repetition "Me, Lord, Me," instead watching attentively for the light that burns at the center of every star, every cell, every living creature, every human heart. Learning to pray, then, as I understand it, is learning to listen with the mind and heart- making oneself attentive to each exquisite detail of the world.

You think too much. That's the problem with you intellectual types. You spend so much time thinking about life that you can't live.

If your pet bird is killed by a cat you feel bad. On the other hand, if the same cat kills a mouse it does not bother you at all. So it is attachment that brings misery; in non-attachment lies the only true happiness.

É sempre bom lembrar que um copo vazio está cheio de ar.

Esse silêncio todo me atordoa Atordoado, eu permaneço atento

Information should be used as food for thought, not poison to the soul.

Solitude is a form of meditation.

And don't talk too fast — you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.

I may say that we have had somewhat too much of "the gospel of work." It is time to preach the gospel of relaxation.

But no one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it.

Give your stress wings and let it fly away.

If your teeth are clenched and your fists are clenched, your lifespan is probably clenched.

Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply?

Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate?

This morning's tea makes yesterday distant.

Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.

Tea should be taken in solitude...

Today I'd like to sit and sip, Forget about the world a bit, Ignore the things I have to do, And just enjoy a cup or two.

Tea is a cup of life.

The first sip of tea is always the best... you cringe as it burns the back of your throat, knowing you just had the hottest carpe-diem portion.