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Quotes About Meditation

True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided by an intelligence far greater than the human mind.
~ Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual experiences are like mist, they will evaporate.
~ Jigdral Yeshe Dorje
Prayer is spiritual exercise and every act of prayer stretches the soul.
~ James Dillet Freeman
The friend of silence comes close to God.
~ John Climacus
A realized one sends out waves of spiritual influence in his aura, which draw many people towards him. Yet he may sit in a cave and maintain complete silence.
~ Ramana Maharshi
The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
You are all searching for the silence of the mountain. But you're looking for something outside. This silence is accessible to you right now, inside the center of your own being.
~ Ramana Maharshi
Soul development should take precedence over all things.
~ Edgar Cayce
It is therefore essential to let the 'heart spirit' settle like calm water. Then it becomes a tranquil lake in which the sky is reflected, in which the face of Christ can be seen.
~ Olivier Clement
Meditation means to know life beyond the sphere of the physical; to know and experience life not just at the surface but at the source.
~ Jaggi Vasudev
To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.
~ Gautama Buddha
Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is a mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace.
~ James Allen
Don't neglect your spiritual reading. - Reading has made many saints.
~ Josemaria Escriva
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
~ Franz Kafka
The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.
~ Sivananda
In a special sense... the three great natural states of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep contain an entire spectrum of spiritual enlightenment.
~ Ken Wilber
It's not just philosophy, not just words; it's knowing how the mind functions; only then can you develop loving-kindness; only then can you become a spiritual person.
~ Thubten Yeshe
Any spirituality can be enhanced with the practice or study of yoga.
~ Christy Turlington
If you want to find out the purpose of life, you need to look beyond the limitations of body and mind.
~ Jaggi Vasudev
I never really cared for the things of this world. It was the glow of Your Presence that filled it with beauty.
~ Rumi
Most of us are far too busy for our own spiritual good.
~ Bill Hybels
The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others.
~ Dalai Lama
To awaken, sit calmly, letting each breath clear your mind and open your heart.
~ Gautama Buddha
Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.
~ Shunryu Suzuki