Quotes About Mindfulness

For he lives twice who can at once employ, The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd

Until you make the unconscious conscious," Carl Jung said, "it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Accept I can't change the past. I can only concentrate on the now and hope for the future.

Successful journals break the deadlock of introspective obsession

Sitting for even five minutes with a journal offers a rare cease-fire in the battle of daily life.

A diary or journal isn't necessarily something that should be done daily so much as it is a clue to how to see the daily world around oneself differently.

Because sometimes happiness isn't a choice. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't find joy. Which is why I've decided to stop beating myself up by desperately seeking happiness and give myself the permission to feel exactly how I feel, when I feel it. In fact, maybe, it's not happiness we should be looking for after all - but acceptance.

What you think and do now builds. Value this moment. Be patient. Smile often. Love the process of living each minute fully. Your presence is a source of strength and an inspiration to people you spend time with. Give your greatest gift-- your full attention, yourself.

Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.

Our lives are made up of time, and the quality of our existence depends on our wise use of the moments we are given.

The art of living in today's world requires us to reach inside ourselves and search for the answers.

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived—to dig deep into the actual and get something out of that—this doubtless is the right way to live. HENRY JAMES T

E. B. White, who once wrote, "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

Every day look at a beautiful picture, read a beautiful poem, listen to some beautiful music, and if possible, say some reasonable thing. GOETHE

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. It is best to bear what can't be altered. SENECA

Often we pass beside happiness without seeing it, without looking at it, or even if we have seen and looked at it, without recognizing it.

This was why. So that she would become conscious.

However we think about these [long-term] goals, we ought to think about them a lot. They ought to be our touchstone, if only to keep us from being sucked into the quicksand of daily life.

Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.

The only calendar I need is just outside my window. With eyes to see and ears to hear, nature keeps me posted.

Why is life? Don't ask about it. Live it.

It is natural to worry about some things. Yet most of the things we worry about are things that will never happen or have already happened.

It is essential to resist our natural tendencies to allow emotions to control actions.