Mindfulness Quotes

430 Mindfulness quotes by 172 unique authors

Stop trying to be different. Just do what you are good at, and work really hard. You have to work hard to be chaos. — Frederick Lenz
The best form of meditation is the sitting meditation. But work is next. Work is a great way to meditate. — Frederick Lenz
If you are mindful in your work, if you put your best effort into it, then something comes back to you. — Frederick Lenz
It is necessary to have a strong focus. Work will give you that focus. — Frederick Lenz
Thought control is the ability to direct mind and attention anywhere. — Frederick Lenz
There is no fanaticism in any of this. There is intensity. You have to make it happen. You have to put your will into perfecting… — Frederick Lenz
You don't have to do anything to meditate. That's what makes it so difficult. Everybody wants to do something. — Frederick Lenz
Mindfulness is the ability to do physical things in a harmonious way; it is a way to remain centered in a physical world that is… — Frederick Lenz
Begin to live in other levels of attention all the time whether you're at work, driving or running on the beach. When you begin to… — Frederick Lenz
Mindfulness is the direct application of Buddhist teachings to a physical event, a way of doing or accomplishing something, or a way of thinking and… — Frederick Lenz
We are so absorbed in our thoughts that every thought that comes through is a reality. We have to start to detach ourselves from thought… — Frederick Lenz
In the state of emptiness, you are the action not the performer of the action. Allow an activity or event to take precedence over your… — Frederick Lenz
Thinking is usually a waste of time and energy, since thinking is essentially a rehashing of what we already know. As a matter of fact,… — Frederick Lenz
When we practice mindfulness, our nonphysical side merges with the nonphysical side of that which we are experiencing. — Frederick Lenz
Our actions and experiences will direct us. In other words, we will be guided by the inherent emptiness of the things we choose to interact… — Frederick Lenz
The unlimited mind, the diamond mind of the Buddha, is your mind, if you can get in touch with it. Stop thinking so much and… — Frederick Lenz
Think about what is in front of you, if you must think. — Frederick Lenz
Stop worrying about tomorrow. Stop thinking about yesterday. Mindfulness is to be here now, in the moment. Focus on this moment. — Frederick Lenz
Mindfulness is paying attention to what is going on. Just look at beauty. Not just the beauty of things you see with your eyes, but… — Frederick Lenz
Right mindfulness does not simply mean being aware; it is like creating a work of art. You can therefore trust what you are doing; you… — Chogyam Trungpa
In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your spirit,… — Frederick Lenz
Concentration and mindfulness are the internal ways in which the mind restores itself from being out of balance and lost in confusion to a condition… — Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness is a quality that's always there. It's an illusion that there's a meditation and post-meditation period, which I always find amusing, because you're either… — Richard Gere
Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream. — Khalil Gibran
If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend to the moment. — Daniel Goleman

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