Quotes About Mindfulness

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order

Suffering is a call for inquiry, all pain needs investigation.

Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better

Take a nap Making the mountain water Pound the rice.

Laughing, how can you fall asleep? It brings a state of no-mind and no-thought, and does not allow you to fall asleep.

Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.

How many of us go through our days parched and empty, thirsting after happiness, when we're really standing knee-deep in the river of abundance?

It makes sense that no one else can cause you pain. That's your job.

If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.

Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.

You have to learn how to turn the tables on the ego. The only way to forgive what is within is to forgive what seems to be without.

Listen, listen, listen.

Reflective thinking is like the crock pot of the mind. It encourages your thoughts to simmer until they're done.

Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.

Live the moment for the moment.

I vow to live fully in each moment.

When resistance is gone, the demons are gone.

If you can become a mirror you have become a meditator. Meditation is nothing but skill in mirroring. And now, no word moves inside you so there is no distraction.

In down times I do things like go for a long bike ride or run. The other thing I'm doing in that quiet time is just observing.

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.