Attention Quote by Ching Hai

Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.

— Tenzin Palmo

When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.

— Tenzin Palmo

I strove to maintain a spiritual practice, but since I was being pulled in so many directions, I couldn't seem to stay steady and…

— Brenda Strong

The difficult thing about practice isn't learning to sit for an hour, or sit for a weekend, or go on a three-month retreat, as…

— Larry Rosenberg

“Each day’s practice does some good, and if you slip and fall off your diet or exercise program or mindfulness practice, all that you…

— Richard O'Connor

You remember, you are drawn back to the pathway to enlightenment, to meditation, and when you begin to meditate your past life knowledge returns…

— Frederick Lenz

We must, like a painter, take time to stand back from our work, to be still, and thus see what's what. . . True…

— William McNamara

Karma is the beginning of knowledge. Next is patience. Patience is very important. The strong are the patient ones, Anjin-san. patience means holding back…

— James Clavell

The critical element in meditation practice is beginning again. Everyone loses focus at times, everyone loses interest at times, and everyone gets distracted over…

— Sharon Salzberg

Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth

— Charles Stanley

Some lessons take years to learn, with repeated exposure to the same path sometimes shadowed by the inner conscience of own souls. But eventually…

— Matthew Underwood