The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Exercise, prayer, and meditation are examples of calming rituals. They have been shown to induce a happier mood and provide a positive… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
Before practicing meditation, we see that mountains are mountains. When we start to practice, we see that mountains are no longer mountains.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Meditation will help you to find your bonds, loosen them, untie them and cast your moorings. When you are no longer attached… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I and my bosom must debate awhile, and then I would no other company. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Meditation and running are essentially addressing these two kinds of pain. Of course, we cannot run all day and all night, and… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
...this is also the age of science and technology in which human beings have progressed beyond the stage of blind faith... — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Simply BEING is OKAY you know? If you make space to 'be', your 'doing' becomes whole and balanced.” — Kelly Martin Copy Share Image
“In meditation practice, we neither hold the mind very tightly nor let it go completely. If we try to control the mind,… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
Meditation has been defined as the cessation of active eternal thought. — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
The transition from Religion to Scientific contemplation is a violent, dangerous leap, which is not to be recommended. In order to make… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body. — Carol P. Christ Copy Share Image
I get through the tough times through prayer and meditation. And I have really good friends and family, and a great therapist. — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
My performance has improved dramatically from yoga and meditation. No athlete ever dominated by sticking to one sport all the time. — Amanda Beard Copy Share Image
Buddhist meditation doen't necessarily mean sitting cross-legged with your eyes closed. Simply observing how your mind is responding to the sense world… — Thubten Yeshe Copy Share Image
Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness” is the purest mindlessness. It is the great and perverse desire to annihilate consciousness and exist in an eternal now of… — Jack Tanner Copy Share Image
Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last… — Albertus Magnus Copy Share Image
“The mind travels more freely on this limitless expanse, the contemplation of which elevates the soul, gives ideas of the infinite, the… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Samadhi is the journey from individual to collective consciousness. The steps of Samadhi are the steps towards reaching the collective consciousness. In… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
The most common response I hear when I tell people I teach meditation is, "I'm so stressed out. I could use some… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
