Meditation Quotes · Page 57

Praise the one who speaks ill of you. Before long he will become a friend.

— Shri Radhe Maa

Meditate, Visualize and Create your own reality and the universe will simply reflect back to you.

— Amit Ray

It is undeniable that we all create scenarios and then become convinced by them, down to our very cells.

— Deepak Chopra

“When the Self (Atma) becomes engrossed (tanmayakar) in the resultant states of the mind, then meditation (dhyan) arises.”

— Dada Bhagwan

True meditation gives us, as it were, wings for flight to a higher realm and thus detaches us from terrestrial fetters.

— Swami Paramananda

“two different paths to life growth: kensho and satori. Kensho is growth by pain. Satori is growth by awakening.”

— Vishen Lakhiani

“By mindfully choosing our habits, we harness the power of mindlessness as a sweeping force for serenity, energy, and growth.”

— Gretchen Rubin

The emphasis in tantra is not what you find yourself doing, it's on meditation.

— Frederick Lenz

You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour. If…

— Mike Tyson

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

— Joe Rogan

Most Kabbalists were theorists who were interested only in pure meditation. But there were so-called 'practical Kabbalists' who tried to apply the…

— Neal Stephenson

Hours of solitude, hours of creation, hours of meditation. Solitude and meditation gave me an awareness, a perspective which I have never…

— Vicente Aleixandre

Although work was, and still is, considered an important part of Osho's vision, in the last years of his life, he began…

— Swami Anand Milarepa

If japa is maintained, no useless talk during work will be possible. The mind will always remain peaceful. Modern day diseases are…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation…

— George Harrison

Zen says: Remain true to your freedom. And then a totally different kind of being arises in you, which is very unexpected,…

— OSHO

“The immense distance between God and humanity is the indispensable backdrop to a Christian idea of revelation. To reduce God to the…

— A.J. Conyers

Mindfulness means moment-to-moment, non-judgmental awareness. It is cultivated by refining our capacity to pay attention, intentionally, in the present moment, and then…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Meditation is not meant to help us avoid problems or run away from difficulties. It is meant to allow positive healing to…

— Nhat Hanh

“Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Meditation is not your doing. You simply make the effort, but it is not your doing. Your effort is needed to prepare…

— Rajneesh

Every cell in our body has the capacity to hold infinity. Let us tap the full potential that nature has bestowed on…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meditation means: put the mind aside and watch. The first step - LOVE YOURSELF - will help you tremendously. By loving yourself…

— Rajneesh

Most people confuse the "now" with what is happening to them in the now. Actually what is happening to you now has…

— Stephen Weiss

When I composed the first sonic meditation, I realized that I was composing the direction of attention.

— Pauline Oliveros

I'm in full support of that technique [meditation] , and what David Lynch is doing. It's very important.

— James Redford

Being attached to someone is not about the other person. It is about your own sense of inadequacy.

— Jaggi Vasudev

“Mystical experience is given to some. But contemplation is for all Christians.”

— Michael Ramsey

In contemplation of created things, by steps we may ascend to God.

— John Milton

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

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.

— Josef Pieper

Have good trust in yourself, not in the One that you think you should be, but in the One that you are.

— Taizan Maezumi

“The premise of tonglen is, at a very basic level, to breathe in suffering and breathe out joy.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

One should be prepared to surrender completely, absolutely to the will of God. Whatever He does is for our good.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Failure to meditate in the morning increases the probability of chaos throughout the day.

— Joe Sacco

It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.

— Tillie Olsen

Meditation is not a means of forgetting the ego; it is a method of using the ego to observe and tame its…

— Mark Epstein

Group chanting and prayer is very powerful. It can bring important changes.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

“Inner quiet can be cultivated. Meditation is a healing balm to a frazzled brain existing in a hectic world.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

Without satisfaction, you cannot have compassion. You have to be satisfied souls, then your compassion will act.

— Nirmala Srivastava