Quotes About Mindfulness

Ellen Langer's work has been an inspiration to me for years. Counterclockwise, her latest book, will change the way you think about your health – for the better. It's simply fabulous.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

Allow your head to be quiet. Allow it to be still. Just for an hour and half. Just deal with your body & your breath.

It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well.

Seeking can become stressful when you apply the same laws that you apply in the material world - hard work, exacting plans, driving ambition, and attachment to outcome.

The best work flows from us effortlessly. Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you.

Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality.

It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at.

Recognize that there is a time to be left-brained and a time to be right-brained; a time to be efficient and a time to be creative; a time to work and a time to play.

Whatever you do, whatever you're working with, whether it's manual work or talking to people or buying or selling, every little thing encompasses the power and simplicity of presence.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment. A good little pointer toward that is to ask yourself, "What is my relationship with the present moment? How am I relating to it?"

Let us be content to work To do the things we can, and not presume To fret because it's little.

I would rate the fact that I get to be alive a big beautiful 10. Satisfaction with myself - work in progress.

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

Meidtation and selfless giving must always go together. They work together to create immortality.

If you think of spiritual practice as unpleasant work - it is not spiritual practice as I know it.

Tantra is not for a hedonist at all. It won't work. If you're heavily attracted to sensual experiences, tantra will definitely not be of any use to you.

Self-control is completely necessary for increasing and raising your attention level. One of the places you practice that is at work.

Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.

Sitting around idly contemplating doesn't produce much. In work you can discipline your attention, forget about your misery.

The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate.

I always say you can self-medicate through closet cleaning. Everyone knows that feeling of a clear surface, and how it makes you feel you can really focus and start your work.

This last year I kind of stopped working out. I think my body just needed a break. And so I did that, and focused more on feeling good as opposed to beating myself up.

There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand. I love a broad margin to my life.