Quotes About Mindfulness

There is no way to be completely happy without being oblivious to the world around you.

The minimalist life. Pleasure is an egg. Blessings that can be counted, on the fingers of one hand.

Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.

It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.

It is only possible to live happily-ever-after on a day-to-day basis.

Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.

It is his vegetable ambition never to stir.

Create your own permission slip for joy. Write three words: Accept. Adapt. Depend. Carry this permission slip with you. Tell your friends you're working on becoming more content, more joyful. Take a nap. Live with a messy house for a time. Order takeout. File an extension on your taxes. Stare out the window. Linger in the company of a friend. Breathe in the fullness of life. Use those words to fight back with joy.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Dear God, help me pay attention! Dear God, help me keep my mouth shut! Dear God, let me put myself out of the way! Dear God, let me be wholly present to this person, your child!

Some people talk because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

you'll learn the critical difference between the paralyzing restrictions of choice and the freeing concept of focus.

Spesso non ci accorgiamo di quello che abbiamo, non siamo grati alla vita.

Nemoj ništa govoriti,

time-out here on the edge of ourselves.

but also seems to include a heightened awareness in people everywhere

Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine.

Watch your thoughts, for they will become actions. Watch your actions, for they'll become... habits. Watch your habits for they will forge your character. Watch your character, for it will make your destiny.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful

In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.

Anger is like a disease. You can catch it. You can give it.

Drifting with things is a habit it takes almost dying to break.

Oversensitivity is the silent cause of all suffering. —Anonymous

I may not be happy," she said, "but I will be .