“You're only as weak as you let yourself become, and you're only as strong as you allow yourself to be.” — Daniel Hansen Copy Share Image
Every man must take time daily for quiet and meditation. In daily meditation lies the secret of power. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
Painting is at once a form of meditation and an utter, complete personal engagement with life. — Steven Whitney Copy Share Image
SEX! Now that I have your attention... Please try to meditate at least 15 minutes, every day. You know it's good for you. — Marcelo Goianira Copy Share Image
“Dwelling much on the contemplation of little things, [we] are in danger of losing the intellectual appetite.” — L.H. Sigourney Copy Share Image
“Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness.” — Thich Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, Zen is feeling life instead of feeling something about life. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
“Worrying about not having food to eat today; is called artadhyan (mournful contemplation that hurts the self). And worrying about not having… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Movement helps keep me centered. I am a disaster, for instance, at sitting meditation, but I'm pretty decent at walking meditation. — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
Salvakalpa samadhi is a tremendous acceptance and liberation, but it is not complete absorption in nirvana, in that consciousness. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Every moment of mindfulness means the gradual destruction of latent defilements. It is somewhat like cutting away a piece of wood with… — Mahasi Sayadaw Copy Share Image
In emotions you should be bubbling with joy. Joy is your emotion. In action you should be thoughtless and in ascent you… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I observe many people who say they are meditating, but I sure don't see them meditating. They sit and touch a lot… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Our current perception is very cloudy and all screwed up. As our perception increases through meditation, we're seeing life more correctly. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
This life that has been given to us as a gift, as such a precious gift. To really try to understand it,… — Prem Rawat Copy Share Image
The mind is very wild. The human experience is full of unpredictability and paradox, joys and sorrows, successes and failures. We can't… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“We live in a world that asks us to do rather than be; to achieve rather than shine; to form relationships that… — Darren Main Copy Share Image
“The beautiful thing about meditation is that it allows you to access that cool guy or girl inside of you that's waiting… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
“Spirituality is not just about sitting in a room encountering a mystical god in meditation or about seeing God in a sunset.… — Diana Butler Bass Copy Share Image
“A Chinese Zen master[FN#230] tells us that the method of instruction adopted by Zen may aptly be compared with that of an… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear.… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
“I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the word of… — George Mueller Copy Share Image
Delight in meditation and solitude. Compose yourself, be happy. You are a seeker. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Most assuredly Zen is a religion, but it is a religion without scripture, without doctrine or dogma and without sin. — Howard Fast Copy Share Image
Prayer that is born of meditation upon the Word of God is the prayer that soars upward most easily to God's listening… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
For the person who wants to get to the mystical experience directly, Tantric Buddhism is the path. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Offer Christ your heart in meditation and personal prayer which is the foundation of the spiritual life. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If you can integrate your life to have a kind of meditative practice that is considering others. — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Tantra is the left-handing path, meaning it is the road less taken. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Turn your vision inward and then the whole world will be full of the Supreme Spirit. — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“Meditation means cultivating a non-judging attitude toward what comes up in the mind, come what may.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
Embrace silence since meditation is the only way to truly come to know your Source. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention. — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image