Quotes About Mindfulness

I try to make sure I have a helpful perspective so when emotional pain comes up, it doesn't get out of hand.

Emotional function and cognitive function aren't unrelated to each other. They're completely intertwined.

I think you can be happy and still be competitive. A good lesson for everybody is to think a bit before you speak and represent who you really are instead of the brash emotional you.

Emotional Freedom is a must-read for anyone who's tired of feeling frustrated, lonely, or stopped by fear.

What we're seeking to do is internalize perception. Perception is very much involved with the senses and the mental processes and the emotional processes.

Until you've reached that point where you've perfected your lower nature and cleansed your emotional being, jnana yoga will have to wait.

Emotional pain of any kind is a reminder to stop and look inside.

As an emotional eater, I eat to soothe.

Flow is letting nothing obstruct the breath. Practice flow through a complete exhale in every way in your being.

Residual emotions always show up from time to time in our daily lives until we completely offload them.

Go quietly alone, no harm will befall you.

In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial.

He who knows he has enough is rich.

Excellence is not a skill, excellence is an attitude.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude

Aim not to win or succeed, but for excellence in the moment.

We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.

All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence!

Achieve some perfection [excellence] yourself, so that you may not fall into sorrow by seeing the perfection in others.

They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke.

Zazen is the ultimate practice. This is indeed the True Self. The Buddhadharma is not to be sought outside of this.

Which are you drinking? The water or the wave?

Give your attention to the experience of seeing rather than to the object seen and you will find yourself everywhere.