Meditation Quotes · Page 77

“Love is defined by difficult acts of human compassion & generosity.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“The contraction is concentration; the expansion is medita­tion. The movement is thought.”

— Ernest Egerton Wood

Meditation is a gift confined to unknown philosophers and cows. Others don't begin to think till they begin to talk or write.

— Finley Peter Dunne

“Just as physical exercise builds muscle, mindful awareness practice builds attentional focus and flexibility.”

— Patricia A. Jennings

There's no wrong way to meditate. And meditation should never be a difficult practice that leads to self criticism.

— Moby

To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.

— Jack Kornfield

“art is a meditation upon external reality rather than a representation of external reality”

— Donald Barthelme

In meditation we are continuously discovering who and what we are.

— Sakyong Mipham

Children, even if we lose a million dollars, we can recover it. If we lose one second, we cannot get it back.…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“Silent our body is a sacred temple, A place to connect with other people. Can't we just stay any younger? Really, we…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

Mind is knowledge, meditation is non-knowledge. Mind knows, meditation experiences. Mind can only give you a certain acquaintance but not the taste.…

— Rajneesh

You can't throw your ego away, but you can use its innate desire to experience that which is beyond itself to give…

— Frederick Lenz

I think a lot of contemplation happens in bathtubs. It does for me. Nothing like a hot bath to ease the tension…

— Sarah McLachlan

“Relaxation exercises, breathing techniques, meditations, guided imagery techniques, and visualizations are simply the tools used to experience yoga nidra. A”

— Julie T. Lusk

While I meditate on the gulf towards which I travelled, and reflect on my youthful disobedience, for these things I weep, mine…

— John Woolman

“Though it may sound paradoxical, identifying our thoughts, emotions, and habitual patterns of behavior is the key to freedom & transformation.”

— Sharon Salzberg

“Do not force your mind to get rid of random thoughts, because your brain is simply not capable of doing so. Instead,…

— Abhijit Naskar

“Fundamentalism wears many masks, but always claims a monopoly on the Truth. Many people buy into fundamentalism in much the same way…

— Darren Main

Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are…

— Sharon Salzberg

“A study published by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2011 found that subjects who practiced meditation for an average of just…

— Scott Stossel

“Its meaning is to rest one-pointedly on the focal object [of meditation], without being distracted by other thoughts. If this [one-pointed resting]…

— Karl Brunnholzl

“Let no one hope to find in contemplation an escape from conflict, from anguish or from doubt. On the contrary, the deep,…

— Thomas Merton

“you’ve learned to align your consciousness with your inner Watcher and perch there, observing your physical and emotional feelings. Just one step…

— Martha N. Beck

“Meditation is like going to a well, the waters of which are inexhaustible, with a pitcher that is always empty. The pitcher…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Meditation on the holy Scriptures , free us from mental slavery.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.

— Francis Quarles

Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception.

— Martin Laird

“See with a different eye, visualize with a colorful mind, manifest your thoughts with the energy within.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.

— Tenzin Palmo

Meditation cannot be taught, it can only be caught. I am meditation. If you are available you can catch it.

— Rajneesh

Vipassana meditation is not just seeing the things inside. It is also seeing the seer.

— Amit Ray

Meditation is the means through which the Soul dictates and guides the mind for all good.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

One hour of meditation on the work of the creator is better than seventy years of prayer.

— Prophet Muhammad

“Visiting the sick' is an orgasm of superiority in the contemplation of our neighbor's helplessness”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Mindfulness is so powerful that the fact that it comes out of Buddhism is irrelevant.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

My earliest experiences in meditation were in a context of intensive retreats.

— Sharon Salzberg

“A forced contemplation of the heavens, crisp and angelic blue, a classic prelude to death.”

— Rachel Kushner

“True human connection is found at the level of pure consciousness.”

— Patrick Zeis

I like to start my day with meditation followed by yoga and then exercise.

— Shakti Mohan

As you meditate, you'll develop a sense of humor so that you can laugh at yourself, which you need to do in…

— Frederick Lenz