Knowledge Quote by Ellen J. Langer

“Mindful awareness is not presented as a passive concentration on a single, steady object, but as a refined engagement with a shifting, complex world.…

— Stephen Batchelor

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. It isn't more complicated than that.

— Sylvia Boorstein

“Mindfulness involves three fundamental processes: forming intention, paying attention, and adjusting your attitude (Shapiro, Carlson, Astin, & Freedman, 2006).”

— Patricia A. Jennings

To achieve purity of mind, one should cultivate constant awareness by being mindful all the time. One should remain always aware of one's thoughts.

— Rama Swami

“Whether your awareness is focused on your own emotions and perceptions or directed toward the preferences, needs, and feelings of others, being mindful (aware…

— Susan C. Young

“This sequence of intentionally engaging in present-moment awareness, becoming distracted, noticing your distraction, and then bringing your attention back to the present is the…

— Patricia A. Jennings

It's essential to keep an open mind, and to be willing--better yet, eager--to try new things

— Michael Abrash

“The result of mindful awareness is the development of our virtues, which are the basic positive building blocks of our life.”

— Janet Gallagher Nestor

The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open.

— Walter Gropius

Thoughts of mind are explored by the way they are mined

— Farid

With an open mind, we gain insight into ideas and expressions that we may have overlooked or not noticed at all.

— James Van Praagh

One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and…

— Paul Gauguin