Quotes About Mindfulness

Leo Babauta's brilliant little book Zen Habits helps you think your way through this problem. His program is simple: Attempt to create only one significant work a year.

Quejarse es estúpido. Actúa u olvídalo.» Stefan Sagmeister

Response is always better than reaction.

The alternative to tourism The linchpin, the engaged one, the graceful actor in an unfolding play—these people don't seek to only inspect. They're not traveling in order to tick a checkbox. Instead, they open themselves to the world they bought a ticket to, knowing full well that they will be changed.

The abundance mindset makes it easier to be graceful.

A successful manager told me that stopped wearing a watch. She found that the work was so immersive, anchoring it to whatever hour it happened to be was pointless. The watch reminded her of the rigors of appointments and the status quo, while her goal was to be there, right here, right now, in the moment, and to do the work in front of her. The watch had no role in doing that right, so, for now, it's gone.

My friend didn't understand what it means to be in the world, to be present and aware.

Becoming unattached doesn't eliminate our foundation. It gives us one.

Skill and attitude are essential. Authority is not.

The time we spend worrying is actually time we're spending trying to control something that is out of our control.

161. Chop Wood and Carry Water Layman Pang, more than a thousand years ago, wrote: My daily activities are not unusual, I'm just naturally in harmony with them. Grasping nothing, discarding nothing . . . Drawing water and chopping wood.

A life without attachment and stress can give you the freedom to see things as they are and call them as you see them.

If we condition ourselves to work without flow, it's more likely to arrive.

Ellen had always loved the rain. She didn't understand why people rushed through it, avoided it and ducked out of it, but she was glad.

Fretting about time's passing will not slow it down one whit.

Let the breath lead the way.

In those moments when we realize how much we cannot control, we can learn to let go.

As we practice meditation, we get used to stillness and eventually are able to make friends with the quietness of our sensations.

The embodiment of kindness is often made difficult by our long ingrained patterns of fear & jealousy.

Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion.

People turn to meditation because they want to make good decisions, break bad habits & bounce back better from disappointments.

Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change.

Meditation is a microcosm, a model, a mirror. The skills we practice when we sit are transferable to the rest of our lives.

We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.