Quotes About Mindfulness

It's hard to make up your bed while you're still sleeping in it. Hard to make up your mind for the same reason.

There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject.

The best things in life are not only free, but the line is shorter.

There are subjects in which I wish to become knowledgeable, and subjects in which I wish to remain wise.

There's a lot of not caring that goes under the name of minding your own business.

I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life.

Be the first to see what you see as you see it.

Practice the precept: find without seeking

Doing our emotional healing allows us to feel clear about what is in front of us instead of torturing ourselves by obsessively thinking, trying to figure out what's right and what's wrong.

A quiet mind cureth all.

If you are tired or distracted, do not code.

The best and most efficient pharmacy is within your own system.

a state of balance—a clear understanding of why we feel the way we do, conscious of our impulses so that we can think without being secretly compelled by our emotions.

But true Zen never stops, never congeals into such truths. That is why everyone must constantly be pushed to the abyss, starting over and feeling their utter worthlessness as a student. Without suffering and doubts, the mind will come to rest on clichés and stay there, until the spirit dies as well. Not even enlightenment is enough. You must continually start over and challenge yourself.

We force ourselves to step outside our inner chamber of habitual thoughts and connect to the world, to other people, to reality.

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She used the closeness of death to teach her what really matters and to help her steer clear of the petty squabbles and concerns that plagued others. She used it to anchor herself in the present, to make her appreciate every moment and every encounter.

Daily Law: Develop the habit of examining in depth your own emotional responses. You will end up slowly eliminating unnecessary reactions. The Laws of Human Nature, 1: Master Your Emotional Self—The Law of Irrationality

Recognize Your Aggressive Impulses

Even while you know you are practicing a kind of deception on yourself, act like a king. You are likely to be treated as one.

it is far easier to avoid creating envy in the first place than to get rid of it once it is there, ...

Related to mastering your emotions is the ability to distance yourself from the present moment and think objectively about the past and future.

Having such clarity about ourselves and others could change the course of our lives in so many ways, but first we must clear up a common misconception: we tend to think of our behavior as largely conscious and willed.

That is precisely the wrong approach. What makes us go astray in the first place is that we are unattuned to the present moment, insensitive to the circumstances. We are listening to our own thoughts, reacting to things that happened in the past, applying theories and ideas that we digested long ago but that have nothing to do with our predicament in the present. More books, theories, and thinking only make the problem worse.