Meditating Quotes
140 quotes by 99 authors
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We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows…
— Teresa of Avila
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In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come to Him...that we spend a…
— Charles R. Swindoll
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Meditation is silence. If you realize that you really know nothing, then you will be truly meditating. Such truthfulness is the right soil for silence.…
— Yogaswami
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Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting and meditating, although…
— Marshall B. Rosenberg
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Where a man has a passion for meditating without the capacity of thinking, a particular idea fixes itself fast, and soon creates a mental disease.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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That which rises and sinks is made up of what it rises from. The finality of the universe is the God Arunachala. Meditating on Him…
— Ramana Maharshi
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How do we meditate silently? Just by not talking, just by not using outer words, we are not doing silent meditation. Silent meditation is totally…
— Sri Chinmoy
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When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence,…
— Sri Chinmoy
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True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating in the mind…
— Sri Chinmoy
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By consciously meditating upon spiritual truths and cultivating personal integrity, one need never fear negative circumstances.
— Aberjhani
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In meditation take care not to impose anything on the mind, or to tax it. When you meditate there should be no effort to control,…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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When you start meditating on your ego, on your thoughts, on your mind, you are suddenly separate, because whatsoever you meditate on, you are separate…
— Rajneesh
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Maintain your physical, emotional, and spiritual harmony with the universe by meditating every day. Inhale the precious breath of life. It is your connection to…
— Louise Hay
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Help people to meditate, because there is nothing more creative than meditation. Each art and each creativity can be tremendously enhanced by meditation. If somebody…
— Rajneesh
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It is a totally different creativity I am talking about. A Taj Mahal... just watching it on a full moon night, and great meditation is…
— Rajneesh
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Why is meditation essential? By meditating we take our garbage out.
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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It seemed to be a necessary ritual that he should prepare himself for sleep by meditating under the solemnity of the night sky... a mysterious…
— Victor Hugo
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One of the things that Ivar knew about Mrs. Walker was that she would only tell him what she knew if he asked the right…
— Jane Smiley
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Seek by reading and you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
— John of the Cross
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