Quotes About Mindfulness

Most people are always running toward this fantasyland that they think will solve all their problems and fill them up with joy. They tell themselves, 'Once I achieve this or that, I'll be happy.' But I believe that happiness isn't a place you get to—it's an inner state you create. Anyone can be happy—it's available to everyone and is available right now. We just need to stop and pay more attention to the treasures that already surround us.

Ritual of Personal Reflection.

Take the time to think. Get into the regular habit of personal introspection.

Sixth Ritual for Radiant Living: the Ritual of Early Awakening.

to rise with the sun and to start the day off well.

Drink a cup of herbal tea, if you like. Listen to some soft classical music and prepare yourself to drift

Even if you don't feel like it, look in the mirror and laugh for a couple of minutes.

I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasures of life, I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars dancing in a moonlit sky or soaking in the the sunbeams of a glorious summer morning.

A mantra is nothing more than a collection of words strung together to create a positive effect.

All that's real is the moment right in front of you. Don't miss that moment, because that's where your life is.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid a hundred days of sorrow.

The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasures of life, I began to enjoy the little ones

work harder to produce better'—is seriously flawed. It isn't sustainable. It just leads to burnout. Exhaustion.

I've shared with you that long stretches spent in noiseless contemplation is one of the secrets of the advanced mind. Ultimately, you're the only person you'll be with your entire life. Why not strengthen your relationship with your greatest self, fully know your genius and start a lifetime love affair with your most noble nature?

Ninth Ritual of Radiant Living quite nicely.

And saying that you don't have enough time to be silent on a regular basis is a lot like saying you are too busy driving to stop for gas — eventually it will catch up with you.

Living this way will inevitably lead you to spiritual success.

Winston Churchill said that 'the price of greatness is responsibility over each of your thoughts.

What would I do today if it was my last?

final ritual?" "This is the all-important Ritual of Simplicity.

Every second you dwell on the past you steal from your future. Every minute you spend focusing on your problems you take away from finding your solutions.

Don't rehearse the activities of your day while you are lying in bed trying to get to sleep. Don't eat after 8 P.M. (If you have to eat something, have soup.) Don't watch the news before you go to sleep. Don't read in bed.

watch the sun rise every few days

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.