Quotes About Meditation

Attention is no more than this - the power of giving your mind to what you are about

These months drive us to listen within.

When you treat a disease, first treat the mind.

I saw no one, but, strange as it was, I missed no one. I

Do you like to read?" Christine asked. "That's what we do when we come up here. That's our idea of relaxation.

What is hiking but walking, after all ?

La solitudine era sempre stata un luogo reale per me, come se fosse una stanza dove potevo rifugiarmi per essere davvero me stessa.

just close your eyes and remember everything you already know.

All of my life has been a relearning to pray- a letting go of incantational magic, petition, and the vain repetition "Me, Lord, Me," instead watching attentively for the light that burns at the center of every star, every cell, every living creature, every human heart. Learning to pray, then, as I understand it, is learning to listen with the mind and heart- making oneself attentive to each exquisite detail of the world.

More things are learnt in the woods than from books; trees and rocks will teach you things not to be heard elsewhere. You will see for yourselves that honey may be gathered from stones and oil from the hardest rock. . . . St. Bernard of Clairvaux

We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy, and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.

No soul can grow to its full stature without spells of solitude.

Scarce heard, beneath yon arching trees, The silver-crested ripples pass; And, like a mimic brook, the breeze Whispers among the grass. Here from the world I win release, Nor scorn of men, nor footstep rude, Break in to mar the holy peace Of this great solitude. Here may the silent tears I weep Lull the vexed spirit into rest, As infants sob themselves to sleep Upon a mother's breast...

I'm not anti-social. I'm pro-solitude.

Solitude is a form of meditation.

Solitude coaxes magical things from our souls.

The reason old souls enjoy spending time alone is because they never really are.

An inability to remain quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.

...Shall I go on? Or have I said enough?...

But no one can get inner peace by pouncing on it, by vigorously willing to have it.

Tea purifies spirit, removes anxiety and nervousness, brings ease and comfort, and is conducive to meditation.

If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.

Tea patches heartbreak, sip by sip.