Quotes About Meditation

He believed it was a serious mistake to think of our prayer time as being different from any other. Our actions should unite us with God when we are involved in our daily activities, just as our prayer unites us with Him in our quiet time.

What consumes your mind controls your life.

A little lifting up of the heart suffices. A little remembrance of GOD, one act of inward worship, though upon a march, and a sword in hand, are prayers, which, however short, are nevertheless very acceptable to GOD; and far from lessening a soldier's courage in occasions of danger, they best serve to fortify it. Let

That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for it, because his greatest business did not divert him from GOD.

It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness.

The highest form of discipline is living in the moment.

He lifts his eyes to Jade Dragon Peak and, suddenly, in his silver greatcoat, becomes the living image of my favourite upland traveller, the poet Li Po: You ask me why I live in the grey hills. I smile but do not answer, for my thoughts are elsewhere. Like peach petals carried by the stream, they have gone

Reflective thinking and creativity require that we stop in the middle of a moment, reflect, and spend time "in our head." We reflect on the past and imagine the future, making dissociative disengagement a key part of daily life. And it's essential for relational interaction, as well.

As you think, so shall you become.

The stillness in stillness is not the real stillness; only when there is stillness in movement does the universal rhythm manifest.

Satori - in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one's own being - these are synonymous.

Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.

Loneliness is an opportunity to find yourself. In solitude, you are least alone.

Concentration is a form of exclusion, and where there is exclusion, there is a thinker who excludes.

In solitude you are least alone. — Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone. Make good use of it.

Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

You cannot clear muddied water with your hand. — Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself. Who is there that can secure a state of absolute repose? But keep calm and let time go on, and the state of repose will gradually arrest.

Who is there that can make muddy water clear? But if allowed to remain still, it will become clear of itself.

If there is a God, he is within. You don't ask God to give you things, you depend on God for your inner theme.

As we read, ponder, and pray, there will come into our minds a view of the three gardens of God—the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Garden of the Empty Tomb where Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene.

What we need is a somber, thoughtful, thorough, hype-free, even lugubrious book that honors the dead and resuscitates the spiritual ancestors of today's mediated frenzy.

perché solo quando ti siedi, ti fermi e osservi può nascere la creatività»,

Scripture does not merely provide answers to some questions we may have; it also provides the very questions we should ask.

But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour.