Quotes About Mindfulness

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

Sometimes all you need is to climb a simple hill, to spend time staring at an empty horizon, to jump into a cold river or sleep under the stars, or perhaps share a whisky at a small country inn in order to remind yourself what matters most to you in life.

I am busy. That phrase is the curse of our time. We are all busy, of course, but it's regarded as a boast, a badge of honour to be busy "I'm so busy! I've got 300 emails! Admire me!" Busy, busy, busy, all the bloody time. Being busy makes it difficult to find time for adventure, difficult to find time for ourselves and for some fallow time in the wilderness.

diary that night: 'Lessons learned today: Don't make big decisions when tired, lonely, hungry, frightened, ill or at night.

I realise how pleasant life can be if I stop thinking about it. It is much simpler to exist than to live.

I take each day as it comes. I'd rather take good memories from one world than fret about the thousand I'll never see.

Working out for me is something I do when I feel like it. But it's really about feeling good and taking care of my body rather than having to fit into any sort of model or anything like that. I try to eat well, and everything I do is really just to make me feel my best so that I can come to my job or my personal life and just feel really good.

If I'm in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game's over. Work doesn't come inside with me. Same thing in reverse - I don't bring my personal life into the ballpark. Learning to keep it all separate has made life easier.

I don't like to talk about my personal life.

Maybe it's a personality thing individual to me, but actors always benefit from body awareness.

I still party all the time and hang out with everyone who drinks, but I just don't personally, and don't really have the desire to get blitzed drunk any more.

Personally, what scares me most is the thoughtlessness the Internet can perpetuate.

I've always found that I personally love to observe things, and I'm good at observing things.

Happiness is no respecter of persons.

All work done mindfully rounds us out, helps complete us as persons.

Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

Put your choices in perspective.

I feel like it's easy to get lost in your own world and get distracted, and sometimes seeing things from different perspectives helps you appreciate your life a little bit more.

My biggest pet peeve is rushing.

Sometimes you can get into a phase where you takes things for granted, especially each day. When you go through something life-threatening, something that could change something you love, it makes you appreciate it much more.

All phenomena are empty.

The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.

My philosophy is 'learn while you live.' 'LazyTown' is about balance. I'm not there yet.