Mindfulness Quotes

430 quotes by 182 authors

Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. — Nadia Boulanger
If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret. — Jim Carrey
In Buddhism, mindfulness is the key. Mindfulness is the energy that sheds light on all things and all activities, producing the power of concentration, bringing… — Nhat Hanh
Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is unrealistic to expect… — Dalai Lama
The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear… — Peter Matthiessen
Mindfulness is Buddha's word for meditation. By mindfulness he means: you should always remain alert, watchful. You should always remain present. Not a single thing… — Rajneesh
We must especially learn the art of directing mindfulness into the closed areas of our life. — Jack Kornfield
We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way. — Surya Das
Mindfulness meditation should be more than just watching what you are doing. What you really need to watch is your motivation. — Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm… — Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states in awareness, without preferring one to another. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress… — Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness is the cure for everything; the essence of being alive. — Ellen Langer
There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as… — Khalil Gibran
Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the… — Henry David Thoreau
I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I got up early and bathed in the pond; that was a religious exercise, and one of the best things which I did. They say… — Henry David Thoreau
...There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again... — Saint Francis de Sales
Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die? ...If we are… — Stephen Levine

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