Quotes About Mindfulness

When are you going to let yourself descend from your lofty preoccupations, and simply land where you are?

Whatever is happening at this moment, that is your life. The future is not your life; it never arrives. What is actually here is always only this moment.

in the world but not of it"...

Stop it, and give yourself a chance.

It's hard to sit on the floor and change your socks without looking as though you're sitting on the floor changing your socks

Lots of people in my somewhat leaky boat are on the lookout for a human companion. Not me. I have learned to love the inside of my own head. There isn't much I'd rather say than think.

I appreciate not being interrupted in the middle of thinking about nothing.

Being cautious is new territory; my specialty was leaping, not looking. These days I pay attention. You can stumble uphill as easily as down. Ice comes in smooth and corrugated. Plastic bags are slippery underfoot. A big dog can knock you to your knees.

An unexamined life may not be worth living, but the overexamined life is hell. We talk too much.

Tai Chi experts, like figures on a marvelous clock, who seem in their slow-motion way to be untelling time.

The principle to be kept in mind is to know what we see rather than to see what we know.

It is useless endeavor to fight the ego in the open; like a wounded hydra, it produces two heads for every one cut off. We must not indulge in self-scrutinization; we must not concentrate upon the problem of egocentricity. The way to purify the self is to avoid dwelling upon the self and to concentrate upon the task.

The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays for the sake of the Sabbath. It is not an interlude but a climax of living.

Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including the vitiating of his temper and loss of self-control.

Halte dir jeden Tag dreißig Minuten für deine Sorgen frei und mache in dieser Zeit ein Nickerchen.

For those who wish to consider [...] that it may be necessary to expend a great deal of time and effort to reach a goal that is not only intangible but also not gratifying in the sense of providing ultimate tranquility, I respectfully submit this book.

With mindfulness you can see the real owner of things. Do you think this is your world, your body? It is the world's world, the body's body. If you tell it, Don't get old, does the body listen? Does your stomach ask permission to get sick? We only rent this house; why not find out who really owns it?

I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it incredibly.

The point of eating is to slow down time

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Si abordas cada situación como asunto de vida o muerte, morirás muchas veces (Adam Smith)

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.

I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.

I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety." Colin