I actually rid myself of superstitions, but I do a quick 20-minute meditation before games. — Christen Press Copy Share Image
Meditation can be like a battle with yourself, your thoughts, your body. — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
When I wake up in the morning, I just take 10-15 minutes and just chill in there, eyes closed, and just visualize… — Caris LeVert Copy Share Image
Sadhana is a search for what to give up. Empty yourself completely. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself. — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
Mind is madness. Only when you go beyond the mind, there will be meditation. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
I don't teach vegetarianism; it is a by-product of meditation. Wherever meditation has happened, people have become vegetarian, always, for thousands of… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I've recently started practicing japa meditation. Meditating has always been a bit difficult for me, but japa asks you to focus on… — Allison McAtee Copy Share Image
“I found in my possession the ultimate choice. Without a moment's contemplation, I chose my life. I was in a good place,… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“It's not Madness, ma'am,' replied Mr. Bumble, after a few moments of deep meditation. 'It's Meat.' 'What?' exclaimed Mrs. Sowerberry. 'Meat, ma'am,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Mindfulness involves three fundamental processes: forming intention, paying attention, and adjusting your attitude (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).” — Patricia A. Jennings Copy Share Image
Accustom yourself to serious meditation every morning. Fresh airing our souls in heaven will engender in us a purer spirit and nobler… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I started the Stress Reduction Clinic in 1979. The idea of bringing Buddhist meditation without the Buddhism into the mainstream of medicine… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There is beauty all around us, and the light finds us when we realize, we are all part of that beauty and… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
“The curtain of worldly desire must be ripped in half and I must look into my own soul and overcome the pit… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
Present is the reality. The past is finished, and the future doesn't exist. When the Kundalini rises She elongates those thoughts and… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“I'm profoundly attracted to classical Zen literature, I have the gall to lecture on it and the literature of Mahayana Buddhism one… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I am a very good archer. I use archery as my way of meditation. I cannot sit down and just meditate in… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I teach: when pain is there, use it as awareness, as meditation, as a sharpening of the soul. And when pleasure is… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
When you first start out don't set yourself a lofty goal of sitting down to meditate for twenty minutes. Aim instead for… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The moment you decided to transcend into your higher level of Being, ordinary people will think of you as being crazy or… — Ces Peta Copy Share Image
Let the mind come as it wants; just you don't go with it. The greatest salesman in the world cannot sell you… — Mooji Copy Share Image
“We are all poor in the face of God's majesty. Not all of us realise it.” — Shri Radhe Maa Copy Share Image
“Mediation on the Holy Scriptures, awakens our mind on Christ Jesus.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
I could actually be wasting my time by not meditating, as I'd be more stressed out. — Jeff Kober Copy Share Image
Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to… — Gil Fronsdal Copy Share Image
Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience. — James H. Austin Copy Share Image
In the morning, I try to read self-help books and books on meditation. — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
“Purification in Shinto lifts the burden from the shoulders of the individual and washes it away.” — Stuart D. B. Picken Copy Share Image
For me, exercise is a form of meditation and I find it very calming. — A. J. Pritchard Copy Share Image
Meditation is as important as lifting weights and being out here on the field for practice, — Russell Okung Copy Share Image
“The great paradox of life is that to fully live, we must let a piece of ourselves die.” — Darren Main Copy Share Image
I find that deep breathing and meditation help me handle practically any situation. — Nathan East Copy Share Image
Love is seeing God in the person next to us, and meditation is seeing God within us. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If we are in the same state of mind, we just self-reflect, things are dull and gray and kind of boring. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image