Quotes About Mindfulness

No matter what the situation is...close your eyes and think of all the things you could be grateful for in your life right now.

Don't force anything. Let life be a deep let go.

The little things in life are the happiest

I also find doing the mundane, everyday things in life has a calming, creative influence on me. Some of my best ideas come when I'm vacuuming or waiting in lines.

The A-B-C's of Living Life's Purpose: A=Accept all things you can't change. B=Be Grateful for all that you have. C=Constantly create progress towards to your goals & dreams.

When you are consciously aware of all that you have to be grateful for, your life is in perfect harmony.

The aim of spiritual life is to awaken a joyful freedom, a benevolent and compassionate heart in spite of everything.

Your life is a series of moments in "now." The better you make your "now" the better your life.

The way to use life is to do nothing through acting, The way to use life is to do everything through being.

Life is beautiful. Look around. Don't take anything for granted.

You can change your life, and you can heal yourself.

Listen - life is really going on, right now, around us. Do you see it? Sometimes I lose it but if I sit still and listen, it comes back, and then I think, How funny, this is what being alive is.

If your outer life is really a reflection of the quality of your inner life, then it's a brilliant move to spend at least an hour a day working on yourself.

Like Yoga, the spiritual life is actually very difficult.

The best preparation for a better life next year is a full, complete, harmonious, joyous life this year.

Have no judgments about your life, no expectations, and give up the need to know what happens tomorrow.

Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life.

It is good to appreciate that life is now. Whatever it offers, little or much, life is now – this day – this hour.

When we begin to genuinely appreciate the illusory, dreamlike nature of our waking experiences, we are starting to mix those appearances with the appearances of our nighttime dreams. We are bringing those two states closer together.

For any kind of mindfulness training to work for you, you have to be present in your life. That includes being present—mind and body—when your emotions are stirring things up. That's when you want to be clear about your thoughts, and clear about what you see, hear, and feel. That's when mindfulness really becomes your greatest friend.

never give up on anyone. Even if you can't help someone now, don't abandon him or her mentally or close the door to your heart. That is the direct word of the Buddha, our ancient revolutionary friend, and if you forget it, you'll hear it again from the mouth of the rebel buddha you're living with right now.

We can give ourselves a little love and compassion, especially in hard times. Of course, we think of others, too, but we won't have much compassion to give others if we're not being kind to ourselves.

So when emotions come up, mind the gap. First feel them, then hold still without reacting, and then look—look at the gap.

We are like monkeys who dwell in the forest and shit on the very branches from which we hang.