Life can be pleasant or miserable. To lead a fruitful life, and to make it positive, practice analytical meditation. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“We’re capable of much more than mediocrity, much more than merely getting by in this world.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love. — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Surely the principles of Christianity lead to action as well as meditation. — William Wilberforce 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
“If you have never found yourself, the best place to look is in your loneliness, and rock-bottom is even better.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Meditation is not following any system; it is not constant repetition and imitation. Meditation is not concentration. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Belief is made up of the same non-substance of which we ourselves are composed. The test of any belief system, then, is… — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“In sitting meditation, we train in mindfulness and unconditional friendliness: in being steadfast with our bodies, our emotions, our thoughts.” — Pema Chödrön Copy Share Image
Continue practice into everyday life with a single meditation, always keeping in mind the intention to help others in all activities, eating,… — Jamgon Kongtrul Copy Share Image
“Does one have to do dhyan (meditation) to reduce his attachment- abhorrence (raag-dwesh)? No, one needs to know the science of the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Just as it is fire's nature to burn, it is meditation's nature to heal, to bring peace and uplift you beyond your… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I'll… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
People meditate themselves because they are just trying to feel better, and transcendental meditation is a natural mental technique that you can… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
One way to look at meditation is as a kind of intrapsychic technology that's been developed over thousands of years by traditions… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, “I know… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon, the moon seen by him becomes him. He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature.… — Yasunari Kawabata Copy Share Image
“Meditation is practiced by traditions all over the world. It is not a Buddhist practice per se, or even a religious practice,… — Lodro Rinzler Copy Share Image
When we are fully conscious and aware, we actually know when we are about to overreact. When we are mindful, we have… — Elizabeth Thornton Copy Share Image
I meditate because evolution gave me a big brain, but it didn't come with an instruction manual. I meditate because life is… — Wes Nisker Copy Share Image
In the end, we need two things to lead a balanced life - a sense of the world and a sense of… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
Not that I'm any good at it, but the beauty of meditation is that it liberates us from our own thoughts. — Faith Salie Copy Share Image
As the kundalini rises, the knowledge and powers of those dimensions will begin to come to you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I practice Kriya Yoga, which is a form of meditation. I do that twice a day and regular yoga once a day. — Gurmeet Choudhary Copy Share Image
To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Being enlightened ironically means realizing that there is no separate entity that can be enlightened or unenlightened.” — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
“Love simply, perpetually exists and that it’s a matter of psychic housekeeping to make room for it.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Meditation is not 'going somewhere;' it's diving deep here, this moment. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
The more we can give in our silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I got the idea of meditation from The Beatles. It was a fad, but I've found it beneficial in my crazy life. — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
“Last night your thin walls invited me to the party next door / reminded me I am a quiet person in a… — Drew Myron Copy Share Image
Meditation is a vital practice to access conscious contact with your highest self. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
When you do not know how to handle yourself, where is the need to produce another life. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Writing is a very focused form of meditation. Just as good as sitting in a lotus position. — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“Meditation is to leave the noise and to meet with the silence.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image