Quotes About Mindfulness

If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.

As you ramble on through life, brother, whatever be your goal: keep you eyes upon the donut, and not upon the hole.

The process of breathing is the most accurate metaphor we have for the way that we personally approach life, how we live our lives, and how we react to the inevitable changes that life brings us.

Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.

Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.

Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to respond, and how to let life in so that it can touch you.

Kid, if You Need Booze or Drugs to Enjoy Your Life to the Fullest, You're Doing It Wrong.

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there, I dare you to do the opposite.

Pay attention even to life's trifles.

My whole mentality is that I eat what I want within moderation, and I have a little bit of everything. If you deprive yourself, you get moody and unhappy, and you have to enjoy life.

Mind training matters. It is not just a luxury, or a supplementary vitamin for the soul. It determines the quality of every instant of our lives.

Life, according to Zen, ought to be lived as a bird flies through the air, or as a fish swims in the water.

Life can unfold unlimitedly as long as we have a heart of appreciation and an undefeated mind.

We do the best we can in life, we take things one day at a time and sometimes we all just need a simple reminder of that.

To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river.

Life is not made up of minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, or years, but of moments. You must experience each one before you can appreciate it.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.

You can change your life with a simple shift of attention. But to make that simple shift, you have to find your heart. It's the only way. Accept yourself, then transcend yourself.

It is much more beneficial to your health if you feel your way through life than think your way through life.

The busier we are, the more acutely we feel that we live, the more conscious we are of life.

Nothing is wrong - whatever is happening is just "real life."

We all get so caught up in the moment of what we're doing every day, it's hard to hit that reset button and get pulled away from all that and see life from a different perspective.