Best Meditative Quotes

82 Meditative quotes by 51 unique authors

Is it possible to be alive, active in the world, and yet have such calm, such kind of inner openness and presence that one can… — Arthur Zajonc
Though one should live a hundred years without wisdom and control, yet better, indeed, is a single day's life of one who is wise and… — Gautama Buddha
I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher. — Laurieann Gibson
Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech was a thrilling milestone in the civil rights movement, so enduring that we tend to attribute… — Patricia J. Williams
From the point of view of the meditative traditions the entire society is suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Dull witted brooding people love to stuff themselves with quantities of heavy food, just like animals for fattening. Bubbly intellectual people love foods which stimulate… — Unknown Author
It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer or in song.… — Jack Kornfield
Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on… — Federico Fellini
From its aptly noirish title on, Martin Preib's The Wagon has rightness of authenticity about it. From the perspective of a cop he fashions a… — Stuart Dybek
Daniel Nahmod's music is addictive and contagious... and is equally comfortable addressing your spirituality, your co-dependence and anger, your hungry stomach or your loving heart.… — Mel White
If life is a gift then all that belongs to life is going to be a gift. Happiness, love, meditation - all that is beautiful… — Rajneesh
Meditative prayer like that we experienced in the labyrinth resonates with hearts of emerging generations. — Dan Kimball
The real meditative practice is to open up to the full range of what happens in life. And parenting is a fantastic arena for doing… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Love deeply, love without jealousy, love blissfully and help each other to be more meditative. — Rajneesh
What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward… — Nicholas G. Carr
A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything. — Adyashanti
Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding. — Nhat Hanh
The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting joy. It must… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
When you are truly meditative, there is no time and space for you. Time and space is just a creation of the mind. — Jaggi Vasudev
I love yoga because it's very calming for your body and your spirit. It gives you that meditative state, and its 90 minutes where you… — Nina Dobrev
There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast. — William Wordsworth
We cannot doubt that barbaric people receive such influences more visibly and obviously, and in all likelihood more easily and fully than we do, for… — William Butler Yeats
The history of India for many centuries had been happier, less fierce, and more dreamlike than any other history. In these favorable conditions, they built… — H.G. Wells
The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running. — Biz Stone
The child is naturally meditative. He is a sort of samadhi; he's coming out of the womb of existence. His life river is yset absolutely… — Rajneesh

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