Quotes About Mindfulness

Be simple and always take the next step. You needn't see it in advance, but you can look back at it afterwards.There is no 'how' of life, one just does it.

Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

To know that every moment — regardless of how it comes wrapped — is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.

I get irritated, I get upset. Especially when I'm in a hurry. But I see it all as part of our training. To get irritated is to lose our way in life.

I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who have understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks,-who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering.

Thinking is the problem. Thinking is hazardous to your progress in life. Don't think - feel.

To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life

When you do something just because it is needed, you involve yourself totally without it meaning anything to you, then action becomes liberating.

At times life becomes too busy for religious thoughts.

Don't waste your time on life.

If asked my philosophy, it would be simply this: Savor life, don't press too hard, don't worry too much.

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don't mind what happens.

By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.

There's a lot that is good in your life-don't take it for granted. Don't get so focused on the struggles that you miss the gift of today

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward.

Zen is the way of complete self-realization; a living human being who follows the way of Zen can attain satori and then live a new life as a Buddha.

I want to walk through life instead of being dragged through it.

Once a quarter, Amy and I go off the grid and totally disconnect. It's totally doable and it will change your life.

What would your life be like if your body were your friend and ally?

My whole life is about forgetting. It's my most valuable job skill.

Life is a state of consciousness.

Life doesn't have to be about finding Osama bin Laden or becoming the president of the United States. Life is about the little things, which is one of the things you learn when you get older.