Quotes About Mindfulness

My son has taken up meditation - at least it's better than sitting doing nothing.

For me, conscious parenting is staying attuned to your child, being really open and in the moment. It means staying as present as possible in your own breath for the betterment of your whole family.

He who passes not his days in the realm of dreams is the slave of the days.

As we practice, we begin to know the difference between our fantasy and reality.

The problem with fantasy is the greatest benefit of fantasy: it prevents us from living in the present moment.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches." by Alice Roosevelt Longworth

My father could look straight ahead but concentrate on something on the very edge of his vision, almost nearly behind him.

But I have to be careful not to let the world dazzle me so much that I forget that I'm a husband and a father.

Move, but don't move the way fear makes you move.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.

I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.

Worry is the child of Fear -- if you kill out Fear, Worry will die for want of nourishment.

Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.

When we are willing to stay even a moment with uncomfortable energy, we gradually learn not to fear it.

Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play.

Usually we think that brave people have no fear. The truth is that they are intimate with fear.

Fear is nonacceptance of what is.

When you are steadfast in your abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward yourself and others, all living creatures will cease to feel fear in your presence.

Even fear itself is frightened by the bodhisattva's fearlessness.

Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.

The central question of a warrior's training is not how we avoid uncertainty and fear but how we relate to discomfort.

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity.