Mindfulness Quotes

430 Mindfulness quotes by 172 unique authors

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? — Fred Rogers
When the mind, one-pointed and fully focused, knows the supreme silence in the Heart, this is true learning. — Ramana Maharshi
At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now. — David Steindl-Rast
Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door.… — David Steindl-Rast
A person may rise to the highest degree of contemplation even when busily occupied. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding. — Nhat Hanh
Fain would we remain barbarians, if our claim to civilization were to be based on the gruesome glory of war. — Okakura Kakuzo
Since my house burned down I now own a better view of the rising moon. — Mizuta Masahide
If you walk into a forest - you hear all kinds of subtle sounds - but underneath there is an all pervasive silence. — Eckhart Tolle
If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes… — Eckhart Tolle
We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves -… — Eckhart Tolle
I don't think we are here for anything. We're just products of evolution. You can say, "Gee, your life must be pretty bleak if you… — James D. Watson
The very desire to seek spiritual enlightenment is in fact nothing but the grasping tendency of the ego itself, and thus the very search for… — Ken Wilber
First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world. — Laozi
One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth. — Martin Buber
Not only does the psyche exist, but it is existence itself. It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be physical...We… — Carl Jung
Duality is the real root of our suffering and of all our conflicts. All our concepts and beliefs, no matter how profound they may seem,… — Namkhai Norbu
But what after all, behind appearance, is the seeming mystery? We can see that it is the Consciousness which had lost itself, returning to itself,… — Sri Aurobindo
All experience and phenomena are understood to be a dream, this should not be just an intellectual understanding, but a vivid and lucid experience...Genuine integration… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
If a person is open to a new world view, it can often mean that he is not firmly rooted in the reality of the… — William Irwin Thompson
Our normal human tendencies are distraction and dissipation. We begin one task, then get seduced by some other option, and lose our focus. We drift… — Daniel Pinchbeck
The unconscious process moves spiral-wise around a center, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the center grow more and more distinct. — Carl Jung
All work, the genuine work which we must achieve, is that which is most difficult and painful: the work on ourselves. If we do not… — Jean Gebser
To think that practice and realization are not one is a heretical view. In the Buddha Dharma, practice and realization are identical. Because one's present… — Unknown Author
The foundation of all mental illness is the unwillingness to experience legitimate suffering. — Carl Jung

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