--- title: "13 Don Meditate Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 13 Don Meditate quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Don Meditate sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/monica-johnson-2905_meditate_don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-an_3233332.jpg" --- > [Don't meditate on what you don't have, and remind yourself what you do have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-johnson/don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-and-remind-yourself-what-you-do/) [Monica Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/monica-johnson-2905_meditate_don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-an_3233332.jpg) > [The only bad meditation is when you don't meditate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-only-bad-meditation-is-when-you-don-t-meditate/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-only-bad-meditation-is-when-you-don_1560869.jpg) > [We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-end-suffering/) [Ajahn Chah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ajahn-chah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/ajahn-chah-4829_ends_we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-e_60278.png) > [I don't meditate. Silence is golden though.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nas/i-don-t-meditate-silence-is-golden-though/) [Nas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/nas-650_golden_i-don-t-meditate-silence-is-golden-thoug_1547932.png) > [I don't meditate in any formal way, but I often lie in bed or find myself in nature and enter into that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-lennon/i-don-t-meditate-in-any-formal-way-but-i-often-lie-in-bed-or-find/) [Julian Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-lennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/julian-lennon-17525_bed_i-don-t-meditate-in-any-formal-way-but-i_583080.jpg) > [There are billions of people out there walking around and they don't meditate. You can tell. They are not having a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/there-are-billions-of-people-out-there-walking-around-and-they-don-t/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/frederick-lenz-8_billions_there-are-billions-of-people-out-there-w_3023783.jpg) > [You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-to-meditate-that-s-what-makes-it-so/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_you-don-t-have-to-do-anything-to-meditat_2361268.jpg) > [You don't have to meditate. You don't have to practice self-discovery and Buddhism. You should only practice self-discovery if you really have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/you-don-t-have-to-meditate-you-don-t-have-to-practice-self-discovery/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_you-don-t-have-to-meditate-you-don-t-hav_187706.jpg) > [Meditation is the way the mind is. That's why in Zen they call it the natural state, which means you don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/meditation-is-the-way-the-mind-is-that-s-why-in-zen-they-call-it-the/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/frederick-lenz-8_introduction_meditation-is-the-way-the-mind-is-that-s_1503864.jpg) > [You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goldie-hawn/you-don-t-meditate-once-and-suddenly-your-life-turns-around-what-it/) [Goldie Hawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goldie-hawn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/goldie-hawn-2284_brain_you-don-t-meditate-once-and-suddenly-you_3132858.jpg) > [You don't meditate to experiment with altered states of consciousness or whatever else. You meditate only to perceive by yourself that everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-odier/you-don-t-meditate-to-experiment-with-altered-states-of-consciousness/) [Daniel Odier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-odier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/daniel-odier-40356_altered_you-don-t-meditate-to-experiment-with-al_165923.jpg) > [“When Lovelace speaks of warming oneself “at the fire of God’s love,” he is describing what it means to meditate on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-j-keller/when-lovelace-speaks-of-warming-oneself-at-the-fire-of-god-s-love-he/) [Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-j-keller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36d/timothy-j-keller-3733_death_when-lovelace-speaks-of-warming-oneself_1295438.jpg) > [I don't pay attention to things like the talent for style. I don't meditate on things like that. I just do whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iris-apfel/i-don-t-pay-attention-to-things-like-the-talent-for-style-i-don-t/) [Iris Apfel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iris-apfel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/iris-apfel-2319_attention_i-don-t-pay-attention-to-things-like-the_1687682.png) ## Top authors on Don Meditate - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/don-meditate/frederick-lenz/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/don-meditate/#itemlist", "name": "Don Meditate Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't meditate on what you don't have, and remind yourself what you do have.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Monica Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-johnson/don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-and-remind-yourself-what-you-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/monica-johnson-2905_meditate_don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-an_3233332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/monica-johnson-2905_meditate_don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-an_3233332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/monica-johnson-2905_meditate_don-t-meditate-on-what-you-don-t-have-an_3233332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't meditate on what you don't have, and remind yourself what you do have.” — Monica Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only bad meditation is when you don't meditate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frederick Lenz" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-only-bad-meditation-is-when-you-don-t-meditate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-only-bad-meditation-is-when-you-don_1560869.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-only-bad-meditation-is-when-you-don_1560869.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/frederick-lenz-8_buddhism_the-only-bad-meditation-is-when-you-don_1560869.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only bad meditation is when you don't meditate.” — Frederick Lenz", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ajahn Chah" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ajahn-chah/we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-end-suffering/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/ajahn-chah-4829_ends_we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-e_60278.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/ajahn-chah-4829_ends_we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-e_60278.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90f/ajahn-chah-4829_ends_we-don-t-meditate-to-see-heaven-but-to-e_60278.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We don't meditate to see heaven, but to end suffering.” — Ajahn Chah", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't meditate. 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