Quotes About Mindfulness

When you stop searching, wanting and wishing things - only then they start appearing.

Don't spend time wishing your life away, waiting for things to be perfect.

Take stock of your thoughts and behavior. Each night ask yourself, when were you negative when you could have been positive? When did you withhold love when you might have given it? When did you play a neurotic game instead of behaving in a powerful way? Use this process to self-correct.

I'm just trying to stay within myself every day and keep going.

The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

Golf's ultimate moral instruction directs us to find within ourselves a pivotal center of enjoyment: relax into a rhythm that fits the hills and swales, and play the shot at hand - not the last one, or the next one, but the one at your feet, in the poison ivy, where you put it.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

People need to know that they have all the tools within themselves. Self-awareness, which means awareness of their body, awareness of their mental space, awareness of their relationships - not only with each other, but with life and the ecosystem.

It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.

The first of the four noble truths of Buddhism, that there is suffering in life, was enormously important to me. No one had ever said it out loud. That had been my experience, of course, but no one had ever talked about it. I didn't know what to do with all the fear and emotions within, and here was the Buddha saying this truth right out loud.

I feel that one should be health conscious, and that feeling can only come from within, so I suggest people to challenge yourself.

I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

I believe it's so important to love life, enjoy it for its small moments and live without regrets - life is so unpredictable.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.