Quotes About Mindfulness

be one thing at a time, one thing and one thing only.

He was so curious about the boys' Thanksgiving that he couldn't put into practice a skill Griffin-Hall had been trying to teach him: to stop and take a few deep breaths and reconsider what he was about to say.

Sense withdrawal means to accept the fact that external stimuli can never truly fulfill us. Once that is accepted, we are free to realize that what we were desperately looking for on the outside was present inside all along.

Can I bring the Lord back into my mind-flow every few seconds so that God shall always be in my mind? I choose to make the rest of my life an experiment in answering this question. Frank Laubach1

Very carefully he thought about nothing.

Without thinking he held his hands open in front of his chest.

abstract himself out of the moment

Depression only happens to people who don't know how to be sad.

There is an element of control we have over suffering.

La sofferenza non è necessariamente un segno di debolezza; con uno sforzo di volontà è possibile sopportarla: la forza di volontà nasce da un severo autocontrollo, che è di per sè una forma di sofferenza volontaria

Suffering, let me see. I think that suffering is a matter of choice. I think that we do not have to suffer anything in this life, if we are strong enough to deny it. The strong man can master his feelings so completely that it is almost impossible to make him suffer. When we do suffer things, like pain and so, it means that we have lost control. So I will say that suffering is a human weakness. - Madjid

Pumping iron is Zen for violent men

I surrendered to India, as I did every day, then, and as I still do, every day of my life, no matter where I am in the world.

The trick in life is to want nothing. And then work our way towards achieving it.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

A lot of stuff happens daily when you're running a company like Subway. If you get too happy about some things or too unhappy about others, you get worn out. It's best if you can pace yourself a little bit more.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

On a plane, you're in your own little bubble, so I try and enjoy it and don't get worried or frustrated about delays.

I have always worried about things more than I should.

There's no point in getting too worried about things, because life is too short.

If you're always worried about being on your phone, then you really are missing out on everything that's happening in front of you.

I really wish I worried less.

If I don't get food in my mouth, I'm still happy. If my pants are round my ankles, as long as I don't get arrested for indecent exposure, I'm happy. I'm worried about keeping my hair, not how it's combed.

I am a notorious and constant worrier. I'm worried if I'm not worried.