--- title: "13 Feels Quotes By Jon Kabat-Zinn" description: "13 Feels quotes by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Plus more from Jon Kabat-Zinn and more Feels sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_chatter_most-people-don-t-realize-that-the-mind_1348519.png" --- > [Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. And yet, that chatter winds up being the force that drives us much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/most-people-don-t-realize-that-the-mind-constantly-chatters-and-yet/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_chatter_most-people-don-t-realize-that-the-mind_1348519.png) > [The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-only-time-that-any-of-us-have-to-grow-or-change-or-feel-or-learn/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/485/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_attention_the-only-time-that-any-of-us-have-to-gro_1270403.jpg) > [Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/most-people-think-that-to-meditate-i-should-feel-a-particular-special/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_feel_most-people-think-that-to-meditate-i-sho_436147.png) > [Just watch this moment, without trying to change it at all. What is happening? What do you feel? What do you see?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/just-watch-this-moment-without-trying-to-change-it-at-all-what-is/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_feels_just-watch-this-moment-without-trying-to_664383.jpg) > [Allow your attention to gently alight on your belly, as if you were coming upon a shy animal sunning itself on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/allow-your-attention-to-gently-alight-on-your-belly-as-if-you-were/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_animal_allow-your-attention-to-gently-alight-on_2455008.png) > [Healing is a coming to terms with things as they are, rather than struggling to force them to be as they once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/healing-is-a-coming-to-terms-with-things-as-they-are-rather-than/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_feel_healing-is-a-coming-to-terms-with-things_733820.png) > [How we see and hold the full range of our experiences in our minds and in our hearts makes an enormous difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/how-we-see-and-hold-the-full-range-of-our-experiences-in-our-minds/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_differences_how-we-see-and-hold-the-full-range-of-ou_539902.png) > [As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/as-long-as-you-are-breathing-there-is-more-right-with-you-than-there/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_breathing_as-long-as-you-are-breathing-there-is-mo_2845268.png) > [Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/life-on-earth-is-a-whole-yet-it-expresses-itself-in-unique-time-bound/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_animal_life-on-earth-is-a-whole-yet-it-expresse_1525393.png) > [Even though in principle we may "know better", we routinely succumb all the same to the incessant, often frantic and unexamined busyness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/even-though-in-principle-we-may-know-better-we-routinely-succumb-all/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_accomplished_even-though-in-principle-we-may-know-bet_1995178.jpg) > [The only time you ever have in which to learn anything or see anything or feel anything, or express any feeling or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-only-time-you-ever-have-in-which-to-learn-anything-or-see/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_alive_the-only-time-you-ever-have-in-which-to_775261.png) > [Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/perhaps-we-just-need-little-reminders-from-time-to-time-that-we-are-2/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c5/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_deserving_perhaps-we-just-need-little-reminders-fr_2946876.jpg) > [It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/it-is-remarkable-how-liberating-it-feels-to-be-able-to-see-that-your/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f5/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_able_it-is-remarkable-how-liberating-it-feels_2514195.jpg) ## Other authors on Feels ## More by Jon Kabat-Zinn > [Karma is often wrongly confused with the notion of a fixed destiny. It is more like an accumulation of tendencies that can lock us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/karma-is-often-wrongly-confused-with-the-notion-of-a-fixed-destiny-it/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Living in a chronic state of unawareness can cause us to miss much of what is most beautiful and meaningful in our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/living-in-a-chronic-state-of-unawareness-can-cause-us-to-miss-much-of/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then sustaining that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/mindfulness-means-moment-to-moment-non-judgmental-awareness-it-is/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Paying attention and awareness are universal capacities of human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/paying-attention-and-awareness-are-universal-capacities-of-human/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [“One practical way to do this is to look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/one-practical-way-to-do-this-is-to-look-at-other-people-and-ask/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [I thought it was a stroke of genius that Hans Selye used the word stress, because it's true that if you don't know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/i-thought-it-was-a-stroke-of-genius-that-hans-selye-used-the-word/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [“dwell in stillness and to observe without reacting and without judging.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/dwell-in-stillness-and-to-observe-without-reacting-and-without-judging/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/generosity-is-another-quality-which-like-patience-letting-go-non/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/the-little-things-the-little-moments-they-aren-t-little/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/arriving-someplace-more-desirable-at-some-future-time-is-an-illusion/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [“Give yourself permission to allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/give-yourself-permission-to-allow-this-moment-to-be-exactly-as-it-is/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/generosity-is-another-quality-which-like-patience-letting-go-non-2/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Science gave me a cosmic religious feeling, and I would get the same feeling when I was dragged to the Met and the Museum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/science-gave-me-a-cosmic-religious-feeling-and-i-would-get-the-same/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [Look at other people and ask yourself if you are really seeing them or just your thoughts about them… Without knowing it, we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/look-at-other-people-and-ask-yourself-if-you-are-really-seeing-them/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) > [“In fact, even if distraction does alleviate your pain or help to cope with it some of the time, bringing mindfulness to it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/in-fact-even-if-distraction-does-alleviate-your-pain-or-help-to-cope/) [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-kabat-zinn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/jon-kabat-zinn/#itemlist", "name": "13 Feels Quotes By Jon Kabat-Zinn", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most people don't realize that the mind constantly chatters. 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This means learning to work with the very stress and pain that is causing you to suffer.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jon Kabat-Zinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-kabat-zinn/as-long-as-you-are-breathing-there-is-more-right-with-you-than-there/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_breathing_as-long-as-you-are-breathing-there-is-mo_2845268.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_breathing_as-long-as-you-are-breathing-there-is-mo_2845268.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/jon-kabat-zinn-1327_breathing_as-long-as-you-are-breathing-there-is-mo_2845268.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how…” — Jon Kabat-Zinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or living. So there can be no one place to be. There can be no one way to be, no one way to practice, no one way to learn, no one way to love, no one way to grow or to heal, no one way to live, no one way to feel, no one thing to know or be known. 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