Quotes About Mindfulness

The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.

I keep my opinions to myself. I've always said that everyone is free to think what you like.

I love talking about nothing, father. It is the only thing I know anything about.

The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid

One should always eat muffins quite calmly. It is the only way to eat them.

How does one cure the soul? Through the senses

Don't speak. Let me think, or, rather, let me try not to think.

You should treat the trivial things in life seriously and the serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality

Don't lose your temper; you have only got one.

To become the spectator of one's own life, as Harry says, is to escape the suffering of life. I

I hate people who are not serious about meals.  It is so shallow of them.

Umie? si? cieszy?. Ze wszystkiego. Nie oczekiwa?, ?e w przysz?o?ci zdarzy si? co?, co b?dzie prawdziwe. Mo?liwe bowiem, ?e prawdziwe przychodzi w?a?nie teraz, a w przysz?o?ci nic pi?kniejszego ju? nie nadejdzie

It is this type more than any others whose style it is to stand by another person (or plant or animal), with no intention to influence it, criticize it, or change it-perhaps not even to interact with it-only to be in its presence.

At the moment the eyes of the body closed, the eyes of the mind were opened.

I cannot control others. I can only control myself and my reactions to others. And when all else fails, I choose kindness. I show compassion. Then, if I have made poor choices, I have at least not damaged my spirit.

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

Lord Emsworth had one of those minds capable of accommodating but one thought at a time--if that.

If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving and for once could do nothing, perhaps a huge silence might interrupt this sadness of never understanding ourselves and of threatening ourselves with death Perhaps the world can teach us as when everything seems dead but later proves to be alive.

Each hour, Each day

Let's try and avoid death in small doses, reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort far greater than the simple fact of breathing. Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness.

Vinimos aquí a comer. Y nos dirán: y porqué no a pensar, a filosofar, a estudiar? Todo eso lo hacemos y lo hicimos. Pero lo callamos.

I could worry about his health but somehow not about my own. We throw ourselves away a little each day. Dr.

If we simply devote our minds to feeling rich, to being grateful for all the already-apparent riches in our lives—say, our families and our wonderful friends—being broke would disappear. We only experience it because we devote our thoughts to it. That's how powerful our minds are.

Love is the quality of attention we pay to things