Quotes About Mindfulness

Mindfulness is natural when you do not need to think about minor daily problems like making a living!

Like sheep that get lost nibbling away at the grass because they never look up, we often focus so much on ourselves and our problems that we get lost.

One reason most people never stop thinking is that mental frenzy keeps us from having to see the upsetting aspects of our lives. If I'm constantly brooding about my children or career, I won't notice that I'm lonely. If I grapple continuously with logistical problems, I can avoid contemplating little issues like, say, my own mortality.

I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

When I went to Beijing, my goal was to do the best with every shot. The outcome was not important, the process was.

Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.

When I was not doing well, I was just focussing on my processes. And when I am doing well, I am still focussing on my processes.

If we focus on processes, the results will automatically take care of themselves.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

If I play, I try to concentrate on producing my best.

I think people who multitask pay a huge price. They think they're being extra productive, and I think when you multitask so much you don't have time to think about anything deeply, you are giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do, and practically everybody is drifting into that mistake.

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.

I learned, even when all hell is breaking loose, first to take time to make my environment productive.

I mean, I've been kind of bad at self-care. I struggle with tying my self-care to being more effective and more productive. Especially as an entrepreneur, it's hard not to.

Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It is meaningless bustle that actually gets in the way of productivity. All we are really saying is, give peace a chance.

If you're listening consciously, you can take control of the sound around you. It's good for your health and for your productivity. If we all do that, we move to a state that I like to think will be sound living in the world.

I don't digest things with my mind.

But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas.

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.

After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.

For me, you've got to start from within. The things you eat directly affect the way you feel and the way you move.

I don't keep diaries anymore; They're quite incriminating. I just keep all the dirt road diaries in my head.