Quotes About Mindfulness

When something happens to you, suffering doesn't begin. Suffering begins at the instant you label a bad thing - as something that is wrong.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.

If we are to make life into a pleasure rather than a struggle, then I would suggest that we have to start with our own mental attitudes.

I don't make big promises about losing weight or anything like that. I just suggest things that people can make to make them feel good.

It is suggested to us a million times a day that our bodies are projects. They aren't. Our lives are. Our spirituality is. Our relationships are. Our work is.

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get, so I very much recommend a meditation program. The whole picture of how to recover from this has to do with body, mind, and spirit. That's applicable to any kind of depression.

There are many different ways to practice meditation; it's good to experiment until you find one that seems to suit you.

For me it's always about trying to consistently maintain a fit and body-conscious eating schedule so three days before I'm not like, 'Oh my God - I have a bathing suit shoot I have to do.'

I've learned that you don't need a lot in life. If it can't fit into a suitcase, you don't really need it.

In the past, I found myself on occasions not playing the game at the speed that suits me. I need to make sure I'm in control of what is going on out there as much as I can.

Whenever I'm out on the basketball court, I lace up and just hoop. Whether it's in summertime, at practice, in the games, playoffs, every time I step out on the basketball court, I approach it the same way.

No great inner event befalls those who summon it not.

Spend as much time as you can in silence. Look at the way the sun paints the ground gold.

I don't work Sunday any more... The Sabbath is a very reasonable idea. Otherwise, you work yourself to death.

If I am at home in L.A. on a Saturday or Sunday, I like to start the day with a hot bath and then do an hour of stretching.

On Sunday, I think the most important thing for me is to just turn my brain off. The idea of not trying is the key, because that's where you're relaxed enough to let your brain make new connections.

Sometimes I lose count of the days and have to think hard whether it is Sunday or another day.

Just have a Sunday where you do nothing. Lay around, cover yourselves in dogs and cats like I like do, and just put on some Netflix. There's so much value I think in just allowing yourself to be still.

After a Sunday night game, what I do is I usually wait like a day and a half before going on Twitter.

I'm very conscious of my body, and how I take care of it. I like clean foods, drink a lot of water, and soak up much sunlight and positive energy as I can.

I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.

I believe that looking at the sunset or the city's landscape helps me think.