Quotes About Meditation

o my mind, get me to meet me and then onwards, mind your own business.

We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?

The function of the zazen and koan is to undo the system that contains them.

Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.

As the saying goes: time is money- so give me some money to think.

And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.

Yoga is bodily gospel.

Thinking is the soul speaking to itself.

I want to be calm.

I feel calm when I'm on my own.

I always get very calm with baseball.

I'm still trying to figure out being calm.

When I sing, I feel calm.

One of the things I have been getting into is meditation. Sometimes it is just 5-10 minutes per day, lying on my bed and listening to a meditation app on my phone to try to calm my mind.

I think I'm pretty calm. But I am very restless and fidgety.

I can calm myself by an intense will, and also by the simple ability to focus in the most dangerous situation on breath and nothing else.

I tried the Calm app, but that I don't rec - well, maybe I got a bad story or something - but it didn't work for me.

Writing is a very calming thing for me.

Exercising has a calming influence on me. It's almost like a meditation.

It would be lovely to live in a culture where calmness was the aim.

I love candles.

On any given day, if I play the guitar, I can put myself somewhere. I always thought, 'This is the way you go.' It's like a magic carpet, see?

I still like to get carried away - but passively.