Quotes About Mindfulness

He who prays must be like a good, industrious barber who has to keep his mind and eyes precisely upon his razor and hair and know whether to cut or trim, lest by too much gabbing or looking about aimlessly, he slashes someone's mouth or nose, or worse, someone's throat.

Hence one should follow the advice of the hermit to whom a youth complained that he rather often experienced imaginations concerned with lusts and other sins and to whom the old man replied: "You cannot prevent the birds from flying over your head. But let them only fly and do not let them build nests in the hair of your head. Let them be thoughts and remain such; but do not let them become conclusions."32

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting.

Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. It's a cacophony, it's like a madness I think that's been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good.

Always remember that it's the ego that wants to know and identify everything that is taking place and that this desire is an unnecessary distraction from the real work.

One can never be as naked, as exposed, in the flesh as one becomes in the mind

The Buddha does not see nibbana as a special, metaphysical place to go to but as a process of dissolution that one can achieve here and now.

Right action is not a fixed right action, it is an action that is conditioned by love and respect. It is an action that considers the consequences of our actions in terms of whether or not they cause suffering.

I like playing my guitar when I expect nothing from it.

Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.

Most fear stems from sin to limit one's sins, one must assuredly limit one's fear, thereby bringing more peace to one's spirit.

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

Don't minimize yourself and think about colors .. live your life appreciating black and white and you will grow peacefully in colors!

Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

Lean forward into your life...catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.

Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionately to their occupancy of your thoughts.

Don't get your drawers in a twist,' was one of her favourite phrases, 'or you'll find yourself bum-bare in the market-place . . . .

They knew how to be content with the ordinary and the simple. There was something to be said for that, and if Anthony could only learn that sort of contentment, maybe he wouldn't need those deep-breathing

Be happy with the life you got, not the one you didn't get.

Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.