Quotes About Mindfulness

You just took a breath. You're about to take another. Inhale, then exhale, then another inhale. In and out. There's a rhythm to your breathing. It's the same with nature.

We rob ourselves of immeasurable joy when we compare what we do know about ourselves with what we don't know about someone else.

You start with your 1 and then you suspend judgment on what you're doing, because you don't know what you have when you start. When you are constantly judging what you're doing, you aren't here. You aren't present. You are standing outside of your life, looking in, observing. The time for judgement will come at some point, but in the moment, you have only the 1. And then the 2. And then the 3...

Worry is lethal to thriving because it's a failure to be fully present. Worrying about something means you're there, not here

If the only answer ever to anything is You really need to do more and try harder your heart will eventually wear out. Along with your body. And your soul.

When we take ourselves too seriously it gets in the way of the thing that we are so seriously trying to do.

The question, then, the art, the task, the search, the challenge, the invitation is for you and me to become more and more the kind of people who are aware of the divine presence, attuned to the ruach

When we spent a day being fully present, we quickly discovered how much of the rest of our lives we weren't fully present.

Sabbath leaks. It spills over. It changes how you live the other six days. When you intentionally slow down, you instantly see how fast you've been moving the rest of the time.

Begin whatever you're doing by remembering that you are here and you have been given a gift.

Sometimes we don't throw ourselves into it because we believe the small things are beneath us. What we don't understand is that what appear to be the small things are actually the big things. They're where it starts, and throwing yourself into them inevitably creates new opportunities for you.

If you are looking for a particular response to bring you joy, that response may never come. The joy comes from being fully present in this moment. The reward is in throwing yourself into it right here and now.

What is your 1? At any moment in the day, you can do only one thing at a time. And the more intentional you are about knowing what your 1 is, the more present you will be.

Even with my limited self-awareness

first-class noticer"—cultivating the ability to attend to what others overlook, experiencing "enchanting reality" as a new and fortuitous gift—is crucial to any creative process.

What we do with our attention, in short, is at the heart of what makes us human.

You're never going to achieve what you want to, Mr. Caro, if you don't stop thinking with your fingers

Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five billion strangers.

One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.

A desire not to butt into other people's business is at least eighty percent of all human 'wisdom'...and the other twenty percent isn't very important.

Congratulations! A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom.

most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers.

Give the future enough thought to be ready for it—but don't worry about it. Live each day as if you were to die next sunrise. Then face each sunrise as a fresh creation and live for it, joyously. And never think about the past. No regrets, ever.

When there's nothing else you can do, breathe slower. There's no way it can hurt, and it might help.