Quotes About Thoughts

Credo che tutti abbiamo nella nostra coscienza come nel nostro corpo dei punti delicati e coperti cui volentieri si pensa.

Thinking is thinking. It happens in spite of a person. … I don't have any choice. This stuff I'm talking about is on my mind whether or not I want it to be. English Creek

Release and detach from every person, every circumstance, every condition, and every situation that no longer serves a divine purpose in your life. All things have a season, and all seasons must come to an end. Choose a new season, filled with purposeful thoughts and activities.

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men: Wisdom, in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, Wisdom is humble, that he knows no more.

Soms gaan de gedachten zo razendsnel dat ik ze bijna niet meer kan denken, ze spoelen door mij heen en dan moet ik huilen. En dan opeens staat alles weer stil, verstard als op een toverlantarenplaatje en lijkt niets ooit meer van zijn plaats te kunnen komen en moet je weer gaan lopen om je omgeving op gang te krijgen. Zomaar lopen omdat je anders niet meer kunt voelen dat je ergens thuishoort, dat er tijd verstrijkt.

Then she said, "Life sure give a body plenty to think about in this world." I said, "Life give your brain plenty to think bout in this world. It's Love what give your body plenty to think bout.

According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else...

According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scars than almost anything else.

Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet.

Ideas about our own self-worth are no more real than thoughts about an imaginary chair.

Every time you forced yourself not to think, your thoughts exploded into life with renewed strength.

And so we create a story—a "drama about me"—that may gradually wander far away from the here and now and far away from the way things actually are. Once the script we have concocted for ourselves has been set in the mind, we may unwittingly rely on it as a reference point for all present and future judgments—without ever checking back with the here and now. Without knowing it, our thoughts become words carved in stone rather than words written on water.

Gradually, moment by moment, you may have come to realize that although you can't stop the unsettling thoughts from arising in your mind, you can stop what happens next. You can stop the vicious circle from feeding off itself.

Mindfulness teaches us that thoughts are just thoughts; they are events in the mind. They are often valuable but they are not 'you' or 'reality'.

use your restless and churning mind as an opportunity to look more deeply into it, rather than as an immediate reason to conclude that the meditation is "not working.

A typical meditation consists of focusing your full attention on your breath as it flows in and out of your body (see "A one-minute meditation" on the opposite page). Focusing on each breath in this way allows you to observe your thoughts as they arise in your mind and, little by little, to let go of struggling with them

mindfulness allows you to catch negative thought patterns before they tip you into a downward spiral. It begins the process of putting you back in control of your life.

Mindfulness teaches us that thoughts are just thoughts; they are events in the mind. They are often valuable but they are not "you" or "reality." They are your internal running commentary on yourself and the world

We get drawn into this emotional quicksand because our state of mind is intimately connected with memory. The mind is constantly trawling through memories to find those that echo our current emotional state

Mindfulness meditation teaches you to recognize memories and damaging thoughts as they arise. It reminds you that they are memories. They are like propaganda, they are not real. They are not you.

You can learn to observe negative thoughts as they arise, let them stay a while and then simply watch them evaporate before your eyes. And when this occurs, an extraordinary thing can happen: a profound sense of happiness and peace fills the void.

You come to realize that thoughts come and go of their own accord; that you are not your thoughts.

The mind seems to have a mind of its own.

There is a hole in your mind.