Mindfulness Quotes

“Full minds create chaos.”

— David W. Jones

“All you have is NOW.”

— Kashish Gambhir

find your eternity in each moment

— Henry David Thoreau

“Awareness is bliss.”

— Francy Pillo-Blocka

“Be selective in your battles...”

— Brandi L. Bates

Yoga is mind wave quieting.

— Patanjali

“Vibrate higher daily.”

— Lalah Delia

“Judgement is poverty.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“Patience has all the time it needs.”

— Allan Lokos

“A memory is an echoing of what was once happening.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“What we do is dictated by what we are doing.”

— Jill Spiewak Eng

“One of the fastest ways to improve your health is to eat slowly.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We measure wealth poorly if we forget the richness of time.”

— Lawrence Nault

“It is impossible to give your best effort without mindfulness.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You are not your thoughts; you are the observer of your thoughts.”

— Amit Ray

“If I don’t succeed, I will try again and never stop trying. When I succeed, I will again explore new opportunities.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is…

— Nhat Hanh

“Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.”

— Aberjhani

“And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of…

— Kahlil Gibran

I am not this body. I am in this body, and this is part of my incarnation and I honor it but…

— Ram Dass

“I don’t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore, like I always thought I would.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

“What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The virtues of free enterprise can become distorted by greed & delusion.”

— Allan Lokos

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need.…

— Brené Brown

“By stepping out of our mental and physical cages, we can rediscover the joy, creativity, and vitality that come from living as…

— Ken Breniman

When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we…

— Anonymous

“Mindfulness suggests that we keep working to simplify our lives, to think as clearly as we can, and extend a little patience…

— Anonymous

The unlimited mind, the diamond mind of the Buddha, is your mind, if you can get in touch with it. Stop thinking…

— Frederick Lenz

Your ability to still your mind through the process of meditation and inner reflection and outer change brings a stillness to the…

— Frederick Lenz

Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you - all of the…

— Rachel Naomi Remen

“When you are socially aware, you will realize whether you are forcing yourself into a conversation or have actually been invited to…

— Susan C. Young

“Whether we are feasting or fasting or somewhere in between, food should have a sacred role in our lives. It can be…

— Mary DeTurris Poust

“One of the most surprising findings to emerge from neuroscience in recent years is that rather than responding in real time to…

— James Kingsland

Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness is the perfect companion to Mindfulness in Plain English. Written with the thoroughness and the masterful simplicity…

— Larry Rosenberg

“No matter what we think we should do, I don’t think you can coerce yourself into loving your neighbor—or your boss—when you…

— Sharon Salzberg

“Indicating his twisted legs without a trace of self-pity or bitterness, as if they belonged to all of us, he casts his…

— Peter Matthiessen

“Guilt is like tarnish on a piece of silver. It effectively obscures beauty and radiance, but can never lessen its true value.…

— Darren Main

“THE FIVE CONTEMPLATIONS 1.This food is a gift of the Earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.…

— Thich Nhat Hanh

“And compassion really begins, the real seed of it is not thinking that you have some sort of special problem that isolates…

— Barry Boyce