Mindfulness Quotes

430 Mindfulness quotes by 172 unique authors

As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it… — Jack Kornfield
This is my secret," he said. "I don't mind what happens. — Eckhart Tolle
You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can… — Elizabeth Gilbert
We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives. — Maya Angelou
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. (21) — Nhat Hanh
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts. — James Allen
With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is… — Huston Smith
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach… — Hermann Hesse
When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to… — Michel de Montaigne
When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be… — Swami Satchidananda
. . . I feel we don’t really need scriptures. The entire life is an open book, a scripture. Read it. Learn while digging a… — Swami Satchidananda
In the end, just three things matter: How well we have lived How well we have loved How well we have learned to let go — Jack Kornfield
[Mindfulness] is not concerned with anything transcendent or divine. It serves as an antidote to theism, a cure for sentimental piety, a scalpel for excising… — Stephen Batchelor
You have to remember one life, one death–this one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment whether it appears as life or death,… — Stephen Levine
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. — Nhat Hanh
Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
The foundation of greatness is honoring the small things of the present moment, instead of pursuing the idea of greatness. — Eckhart Tolle
The little things? The little moments? They aren't little. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt. — Alan Watts
Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like. — Daniel J. Siegel
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. — Nhat Hanh
In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being. — Eckhart Tolle
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Only the present moment contains life. — Nhat Hanh

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