Mindfulness Quotes

430 Mindfulness quotes by 172 unique authors

The Buhha was a monastic, but the practice of mindfulness in the context of any lifestyle is one of renunciation. Every moment of mindfulness renounces… — Sylvia Boorstein
Suddenly it makes sense again. In no haze of mindfulness, staring down at this snow-covered quilt of America, I am the stars exploding. Voice shot… — Andrew McMahon
Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if… — Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness does not mean pushing oneself toward something or hanging on to something. It means allowing oneself to be there in the very moment of… — Chogyam Trungpa
Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize… — Pema Chodron
Every day, mindful practice. When the mind is disciplined then the Way can work for us. Otherwise, all we do is talk of Tao; everything… — Li Ching-Yuen
Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails. — Jonathan Swift
Stretch your mind and fly. — Whitney M. Young
Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot. — Nhat Hanh
Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it. — James Carville
Mind is the cause; everything else is effect. — Alan Cohen
In Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart are the same word. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic principle of how… — Chogyam Trungpa
Don't let anybody walk trough your mind with dirty feet. — Mahatma Gandhi
Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal in them. — Thomas Merton
To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing. If we can… — Tara Brach
We have limited time in our life, therefore we should try to teach ourselves, not to teach others. We should conquer ourselves, rather than conquer… — Ajahn Chah
Each step along the Buddha's path to happiness requires practising mindfulness until it becomes part of your daily life. — Henepola Gunaratana
Mindfulness is deliberately paying full attention to what is happening around you-in your body, heart and mind. Mindfulness is awareness without criticism or judgment. — Jan Chozen Bays
Want a happier, more content life? I highly recommend the down-to-earth methods you'll find in 'Mindfulness.' Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman have teamed… — Daniel Goleman
You are in front of your brother, but your mind is on many other things, so you don’t really see your brother. Maybe he is… — Chan Khong
I've learned so much from being a mom about the kind of person I want to be, the kind of woman I want to be.… — Gwyneth Paltrow
Mindfulness, by helping us notice our impulses before we act, gives us the opportunity to decide whether to act and how to act — Gil Fronsdal
The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment. — Steve Hagen

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