Quotes About Mindfulness

calmness wasn't an end in itself

I just think of people," she continued, "whether they seem right where they are and fit into the picture. I don't mind if they don't do anything. I don't see why they should; in fact it always astonishes me when anybody does anything." "You don't want to do anything?" "I want to sleep

I just think of people, she continued, whether they seem right where they are and fit into the picture. I don't mind if they don't do anything. I don't see why they should; in fact it always astonishes me when anybody does anything. You don't want to do anything? I want to sleep.

You cain't dwell on sadness, oh, it'll make you sick faster than anything in this world.

Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life?' Luke 12:25.

And you can't be happy and in a rage at the same time.

Confucian axiom "If one's mind is elsewhere, one will look but not see, listen but not hear

Japanese for simplicity and taking pleasure in imperfections

Vivo sempre no presente. O futuro, não o conheço. O passado, já o não tenho.

Para ser grande, sê inteiro: nada Teu exagera ou exclui. Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto és No mínimo que fazes. Assim em cada lago a lua toda Brilha, porque alta vive.

There's enough metaphysics in not thinking about anything.

I believe in the World as in a daisy. Because I see it. But I don't think about it Because thinking is not understanding…

O meu misticismo é não querer saber. É viver e não pensar nisso.

Pensar uma flor é vê-la e cheirá-la E comer um fruto é saber-lhe o sentido.

Para realizar um sonho é preciso esquecê-lo, distrair dele a atenção. Por isso realizar é não realizar.

The presence of another person derails my thoughts; I dream of the other's presence with a strange absent-mindedness that no amount of my analytical scrutiny can define.

Wise is the man who monotonizes his existence, for then each minor incident seems a marvel.

All I ever asked of life was that it should pass me by without my even noticing it.

Life would be unbearable if we made ourselves conscious of it.

I live always in the present. I know nothing of the future and no longer have a past. The former weighs me down with a thousand possibilities, the latter with the reality of nothingness.

It all comes down to trying to experience tedium in a way that does not hurt.

Ni brisa, ni gente que interrumpa lo que no pienso.

Pon todo lo que eres en lo mínimo que hagas

I cultivate hatred of action like a greenhouse flower.