Quotes About Mindfulness

Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.

Our (The Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Tis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.

Anyone who thinks heaven is not hot water behind a locked door has forgotten what it means to live.

I lay and looked up through a mesh of twigs at the sky. It was very big, making me and my world look very small. There was something about that i liked. The words and tensions that cluttered life at 309, and made it hard to concentrate at school, slid away to nothing in that big sky

It only seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying.

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

How small a thought it takes to fill a life.

Lacy truly believed that when you asked a patient How do you feel?, what was wrong wasn't nearly as important as what was right.

I find myself staring at the goldfish. Bright as a penny, he swims in circles, happy to be going nowhere.

It's like a telescope. My dad, no matter what he's doing, zooms right in so he can't see anything except what's right there with him at that minute. My mom, she's always on wide angle.

Build your scaffolding again, but while you're conscious. Use the bricks that you've still got, in spite of the pandemic. Make coffee in the morning. Meditate. Watch Schitt's Creek. Have a glass of wine at dinner. FaceTime the friends you can't see in person. Whatever habits you used to have, stack them up and give yourself structure. I promise. You won't feel as unsettled.

I take my paycheck in sunsets.

You don't borrow trouble.

When you don't have what you want, you have to want what you have.

That's the thing about being obsessed with the past. It keeps you from having to notice the present.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.' – HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA

Busy is just a euphemism for being so focused on what you don't have that you never notice what you do. It's a defense mechanism. Because if you stop hustling—if you pause—you start wondering why you ever thought you wanted all those things. I can no longer tell the sky from the sea, but I can hear the waves. A loss of sight; a gain of insight.

I also know that when you're in the thick of living your life, you don't often get to push pause and reflect on it. It's just really hard to sit in the moment, and not worry if pause is going to turn into stop.

And there is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain.