Mindfulness Quotes

430 Mindfulness quotes by 172 unique authors

The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a quite terrifying degree… — Carl Jung
A poet once said, "The whole universe is in a glass of wine." We will probably never know in what sense he meant that, for… — Richard P. Feynman
I do not think of God theistically, that is, as a being, supernatural in power, who dwells beyond the limits of my world. I rather… — John Shelby Spong
For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health;… — Unknown Author
All this hurrying soon will be over. Only when we tarry do we touch the holy. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Imitation is often a shortcut to a solution. We copy when we lack the inclination, the ability or the time to work out an independent… — Eric Hoffer
There is no promise of love and light or visions of any kind - no angels, no devils. Nothing happens: it is absolutely boring. Sometimes… — Chogyam Trungpa
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity. — Jane Austen
But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes. — Hermann Hesse
For sixty years I have been forgetful every minute, but not for a second has this flowing toward me stopped or slowed. — Unknown Author
Meditation isn't really about getting rid of thoughts, it's about changing the pattern of grasping on to things, which in our everyday experience is our… — Pema Chodron
What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. What is life but… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is what happens to you while you're planning on doing something else. — John Lennon
Awakening is natural,delusion is not — Gautama Buddha
Time is not a line, but a series of now-points. — Taisen Deshimaru
By exhaustively examining one's own mind,one may understand his nature.One who understands his own nature understands Heaven. — Mencius
We are slaves of what we don't know;of what we know we are masters.Whatever vice or weakness in ourselves we discoverand understand its cause and… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature. — Swami Vivekananda
Your mind has enormous hidden dimensions. Open yourselves completely to whatever reactions and emotions the world evokes from time to time. Accept them all without… — Unknown Author
In a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, nonintrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do not tell a birch tree… — David Richo
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness - the feeling that someone is trying… — Stephen Grosz
We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
After all the years of [spiritual] work, ... I've realized this: that everything and everyone is precious beyond words. Everything and everyone is holy. And… — Geri Larkin
I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Next, feel your heart, literally placing your hand on your chest if you find that helpful. This is a way of accepting yourself just as… — Pema Chodron

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