Quotes About Mindfulness

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

The Puritan's idea of hell is a place where everybody has to mind his own business.

Hear carefully when someone is speaking, if you missed it, too bad

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you learn to let go? —JACK KORNFIELD, BUDDHIST TEACHER

I believe that once you find something you love, something that works, why keep looking for more? People always think there is something better around the corner. I decided a long time ago I'd stop wasting my time looking for something better and enjoy what I had.

Always keep your eyes open. Don't block your own sunshine. Be filled with wonder.

We all live as if we are going to live forever. When you know you won't, life looks different.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Looking isn't the same as seeing

I made sure to pay attention to everything I was doing. To be fully in the moment. Because that's all life is, really, a string of moments that you knot together and carry with you. Hopefully most of those moments are wonderful, but of course they won't all be. The trick is to recognize an important one when it happens.

No one is born feeling grateful; it's an acquired skill. That's why traditional Jewish law forbids spending money on the Sabbath. God commands us to stop shopping and count our blessings on that one day because he knows that left on our own, we wouldn't be so inclined.

Feelings do not require justification.

Creo que a veces tener demasiada información puede ser muy malo. Fuerza nuestra atención a vagar sin rumbo, hasta que ya no sabemos dónde tenemos la cabeza y no somos capaces de ver lo que tenemos delante de las narices

Fully 43 percent of the time, our actions are habitual, performed without conscious thought. We had provided the first scientific estimate of how often people act out of habit. It turned out to be a lot higher than science at the time had assumed.

It was something they did without thinking. They had formed meditation habits. High "self-controllers" achieved desired outcomes by streamlining, not struggling.

Happiness is a function of accepting what is.

Be careful not to trip over yourself.

Don't worry so much about others, panda bear eats bamboo like a heart of palm.

Fishing makes time stressful.

Going far without moving.

My plans for tomorrow is to be happy today."

Time doesn't wear a clock.

You'll never be great if you don't stop worrying about small and insignificant things.

Update your awareness before using it."