Quotes About Mindfulness

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invated by worry, fret and anxiety.

We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

The moment we fear anything we open the door for the entrance of the actualization of the very thing we fear.

Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.

We're fascinated by the words--but where we meet is in the silence behind them.

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion--and where it isn't, that's where my work lies.

Be here now.

Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.

Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.

We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.

A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done.

The next message you need is always right where you are.

I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!

The game is not about becoming somebody, it's about becoming nobody.

Learn to watch your drama unfold while at the same time knowing you are more than your drama.

The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge spiritual progress.

Meditation applies the brakes to the mind.

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.

You can only stop the flow of thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it.