Quotes About Mindfulness

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world - his heart to God and his hands to work.

Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow. Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow.

I have to take care of myself because if you get sick, you still have to work. Im not much a party animal, anyway. I lay low.

Enjoying the dream is more important than interpreting it. Therefore, don't work so hard that it stops being pleasant and exciting.

I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!

I try not to plan ahead. I just kind of try to think in the moment. I always believe everything will work out the way it's supposed to.

Do you desire not to be angry? Be not inquisitive. He who inquires what is said of him only works out his own misery.

Just live! Live now! Don't wait, and don't let anyone tell you that you're a work in progress.

I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me.

Listen deeply. Meditate on that which is arising. Even if it's boredom or difficulty or maybe a feeling of being stuck, that in itself can be the work for your practice.

It's so difficult. Sometimes if I have dessert, I think, 'Well, I blew it.' That's something I need to work on and control. But still there's nothing like a buffet.

You must teach yourself how to eat less, but with discernment, insofar as your work allows. The measure of temperance should be such that after lunch you want to pray.

My art would be that of living: each moment, each breath is a work inscribed nowhere.

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.

The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgmental about any other time, the better I feel about the quality of my work.

Whether the task is writing, design, or hanging a picture straight, it is obvious that we do our best work when healthy, rested, refreshed, alert, and eager to do the job for its own sake.

I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do

You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think.

Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

You can't work three hours a week and make $100,000. Get rich quick doesn't work. Crock pot mentality always defeats microwave mentality!

There is nobody who is so enlightened that they don't need to work on themselves.