Buddhism Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the 'monkey mind' -- the thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I am burdened with what the Buddhists call the monkey mind. The thoughts that swing from limb to limb, stopping only to scratch themselves,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Many centuries ago, Oriental thinkers recognized that the mind is a constant mover and that it is next to impossible to stop it altogether.…

— Ervin Seale

“By its very nature, a writer’s mind is a monkey mind — and meditation, alas, kills the monkey.”

— Mara Altman

“The monkey mind is constantly generating thoughts, which may appear as images, sounds, fragments, judgments, or memories. Sometimes, these thoughts pass through us like…

— Carmel Sheridan

The mind can be a crazy monkey that is always dying to escape from the moment.

— Rolf Potts

The mind is a monkey, hopping around from thought to thought, image to image. Rarely do more than a few seconds go by in…

— Dani Shapiro

The body has a mind of its own.

— Mason Cooley

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

— Anonymous

“Buddhists say that thoughts are like drops of water on the brain; when you reinforce the same thought, it will etch a new stream…

— Caitlin Doughty

“A monkey's mind is curious. So we can treasure that; as we are curious too.... Yet meanwhile by simply releasing all attachment or identification…

— Leland Lewis

“Monkey-mind” describes an especially agitated state where attention jumps rapidly from one thing to the next, like an excited monkey. This is quite different…

— John Yates