Quotes About Mindfulness

Always hold fast to the present. Every situation, indeed every moment, is of infinite value, for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

E?er insanlar sürekli geçmi?i hat?rlamak yerine ?u günlerin tad?n? ç?karsalard? bu kadar ac? çekmezlerdi.

Rimuginava continuamente quella preoccupazione da sola e poteva sviscerarla come voleva, ma non riusciva a trovare serenità con nessuna ipotesi.

Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

This holiday season I learned the vue if presence over presents.

Acknowledging that you do not have complete free will, or complete conscious control, actually increases the amount of free will and control you truly have.

You decide every moment of every day who you are and what you believe in. The good news is you get another chance to improve in another second.

If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we would be happy with more?

Think spring. We do. Slow down.

Forbid that I should walk through Thy beautiful world with unseeing eyes.

Forbid that I should walk through Thy beautiful world with unseeing eyes; Forbid that the lure of the market-place should ever entirely steal my heart away from the love of the open acres and the green trees; Forbid that under the low roof of workshop or office or study I should ever forget Thy great overarching sky: Forbid that when all Thy creatures are greeting the morning with songs and shouts of joy, I alone should wear a dull and sullen face.

Think About… How you might get more in tune with yourself. Spend at least a few minutes every day reflecting on how the day went. What went well and what would you like to have done better? Be mindful of feedback and make a point of thanking people who offer it.

During those years he met his seminars, went & lectured & read, talked with human beings, paid insurance & taxes; but his mind was not on it. his mind was elsewheres in an area where the soul not talks but sings & where foes are attacked with axes.

The human psyche, like human bones, is strongly inclined towards self-healing.

When we let go of insisting that we are who we think we are and that the world should give us exactly and only what we want, all things shine forth.

Psychological well-being is not determined by the presence of one type of emotion but by a diversity of emotions, both positive and negative. Whether or not an emotion is "good" or "bad" seems to have surprisingly little to do with the emotion itself but rather with how mindfully we ride the ebbing and flowing tides of our rich emotional life.

Hustle to keep your kids on or off the Internet, eating organic or local or nothing at all. Take these actions, or none. Just don't worry about them. There is nothing to worry about, and there never was.

Herbert Simon said it best: "A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.")

acquiring money for its own sake can become an addiction if you're not careful—

Take your eyes away for a moment, then let them return to the object of contemplation, and it is as if you were experiencing the effect for the first time.

One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things.

To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are. Do not despise you own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.