Quotes About Mindfulness

Observing what is around us and registering errant impressions is a state not so much of passive inaction as of alert receptivity. Allowing ourselves to notice, to be open to our surroundings, is a way of awakening our curiosity in the world outside ourselves. The

If we rush ceaselessly through disconnected activities without checking in on our moods or motives, we can lose track of ourselves; in a sense, we lose the ability to experience our experiences. A

Would you like me to stop talking? Because I can. I have to concentrate, but it's possible

It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

If the relentless personal maintenance plan has taken over your life, give it a rest.

Sometimes it's a relief just to focus on putting one foot in front of the other.

Speaking out to your close ones, even if it is over the phone, is the right way to relieve stress and further amplify the same relief by meditation.

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.

Study up on the Eastern religions. They're the only ones that are realistic. There's no answer, see.

Of all the religions, I am most partial to Buddhism.

I'm not Buddhist, but I am drawn to it because it seems the most beneficial of organised religions and the most compassionate.

I'm not religious, but I do pray. It's 60 seconds of meditation, visualizing myself, looking at myself, and being conscious of my own consciousness. That will align me for the rest of the day.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

When you savour and relish every moment, then you learn the art of preserving yourself.

I trained myself out of the habit of relying on notifications to make me feel good so that I could dedicate my time to my personal two-hour meditation practice every morning.

Most important was to remain focused and always have presence of mind.

Climbing is a cross between an athletic or sporting endeavor and the spiritual. I hope it remains that way.

A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.

Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.

I can remember, when I was in college, irritating deeply somebody I was going out with, because he would ask me what I was thinking and I would say I was thinking nothing. And it was true.

I like to remind myself that every morning I'm making a choice to live.

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. I'm a lot more introspective than my characters.

I think sometimes we forget what we have, and occasionally it's important to remind ourselves.