Meditation Quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“True peacefulness usually makes one seem troubled.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Not being in the present moment is so adultish.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The mind exists intermittently.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The mind is either a visitor, or an oppressor.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The breath is the rein for the mind.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The greatest contribution that can ever be made to the human race has already been made through the invention of meditation.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The mind cannot really rest or be still: it is either busy, or non-existent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Time is an illusion we suffer from whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We can realize, not that our mind is wandering, but that it was.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We invite mindfulness when the doing is, or is at least treated as, the desired result.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The present moment is as old as existence … and as long as eternity.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Only the parts of the future that we are guaranteed to reach are worth worrying over.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Half of mindfulness is not thinking about what has, might have, could have, or should have happened, or what will, could, or…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The mind is a drama queen that gets too embarrassed to continue acting up, after only a few seconds of getting our…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Meditation is generally an alternation between the feeling of bliss and the witnessing of a thought having a problem with the having…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Photography created, and then social media aggravated, the vast majority of people’s inability to enjoy what is happening … without the urge…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Even the busiest bee does not move from one flower to another as often as an untamed mind moves from one thought…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are happy by nature, and our happiness is interrupted by thoughts.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Only about two percent of one percent of our thoughts deserve to be taken seriously.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Meditation produces, in an awake man, calmness that rivals that of a sleeping boy.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“With every goal, wish, or plan we deem important, we invite anxiety.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“What is meant figuratively by ‘mindfulness’ is meant literally by ‘mindlessness’.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Thinking protects us against experiencing the overwhelming wonderfulness of life.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Mindfulness is the difficult art of simply replacing thinking with experiencing.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The mind is a sweetheart, when it is wondering; and a bitch, when it is wandering.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We live life passively whenever we are not practicing mindfulness.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Mindfulness is the extremely difficult art of leaving the past and the future alone.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Mindfulness makes a year feel like a decade, whereas mindlessness does the opposite.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Our mind cannot be freed into the present moment while we are caged by the illusion of multitasking.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana