Quotes About Mindfulness

Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

The Dalai Lama has said: "My religion is kindness." If we all adopted such a stance and embodied it in thought and action, inner and outer peace would be immediate, for in reality they are never not present, only obscured, waiting to be discovered. This is the work and the power of lovingkindness, the embrace that allows no separation between self, others, and events—the affirmation and honoring of a core goodness in others and in oneself.

We can free ourselves from the old stories that have reduced us & allow real love for ourselves to blossom.

look at the world with quiet eyes.

With mindfulness, loving kindness, and self-compassion, we can begin to let go of our expectations about how life and those we love should be.

We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.

Mindfulness won't ensure you'll win an argument with your sister. Mindfulness won't enable you to bypass your feelings of anger or hurt either. But it may help you see the conflict in a new way, one that allows you to break through old patterns.

Instead of catching ourselves after we first felt angry, we develop a visceral sensitivity to what's happening within us in the moment & through mindfulness, we can shape our reaction right away.

Mindfulness is the agent of our freedom. Through mindfulness we arrive at faith we grow in wisdom & we attain equanimity.

While happiness is an end in itself, it is also the state of mind we can have right now.

The difference between a life laced through with frustration and one sustained by happiness depends on whether it is motivated by self-hatred or by real love for oneself.

I've been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened," Mark Twain once said.

Pain & suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentangle.

When we bring deep awareness to whatever's bothering us, the same things might be happening, but we are able to relate to them differently.

The overarching practice of letting go is also one of gaining resilience and insight.

Cultivation of positive emotions, including self-love and self-respect, strengthens our inner resources and opens us to a broader range of thoughts and actions.

Even as we recognize our resentment, bitterness, or jealousy, we can also honor our own wish to be happy, to feel free.

The starting place for radical re-imagining of love is mindfulness.

Fearful of wasting a second, we hoard time as if it were money.

We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again

We know that people who consistently meditate have a singular ability to cultivate positive emotions, retain emotional stability, and engage in mindful behavior

To truly love ourselves, we must open to our wholeness, rather than clinging to the shivers of ourselves represented by old stories. Living in a story of a limited self – to any degree – is not love.

Every single moment is expressive of the truth of our lives when we know how to look.

It's important to be aware of how multitasking can stimulate us into mindlessness, giving the illusion of productivity while stealing our focus and harming performance. "When you are walking, walk. When you are sitting, sit," is ancient wisdom.