Mindfulness Quotes

430 Mindfulness quotes by 172 unique authors

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island of opportunities and… — Henry David Thoreau
Why not just live in the moment, especially if it has a good beat? — Goldie Hawn
If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. — Pema Chodron
There is no enlightenment outside of daily life. — Nhat Hanh
All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind. — Eckhart Tolle
Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other. — Randy Pausch
The problem that faces us is the problem of awakening. What we lack is not an ideology or doctrine that will save the world. What… — Nhat Hanh
We who have touched war have a duty to bring the truth about war to those who have not had a direct experience of it.… — Nhat Hanh
The next message you need is always right where you are. — Ram Dass
Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none. — Albert Einstein
Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am… — Nhat Hanh
As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a… — Marilyn Monroe
From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day… — Nhat Hanh
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. — Nhat Hanh
Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone. — Louis L'Amour
Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at… — Nhat Hanh
To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is… — Nhat Hanh
The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it. — W. Somerset Maugham
In mindfulness one is not only restful and happy, but alert and awake. Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality. — Nhat Hanh
The measure of mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain and… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and… — Pema Chodron
True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay… — Henry James
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere. — Ursula K. Le Guin

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