Awaken Quote by Jack Kornfield

To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings our minds, and in the world. When…

— Nhat Hanh

To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and…

— Nhat Hanh

To meditate means to return to your natural state of being, without any confusion about who you truly are. When you realize who you…

— Ritu Ghatourey

To meditate is to listen with a receptive heart.

— Gautama Buddha

To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Meditating means bringing the mind back to something again and again. Thus, we all meditate, but unless we direct it in some way, we…

— Bill Vaughan

To meditate is to labour; to think is to act. Folded arms work, closed hands perform, a gaze fixed on heaven is a toil.

— Victor Hugo

To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.

— Jack Kornfield

When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able to bring…

— Sri Chinmoy

When you meditate, you will care more for those around you and you will be able to do more for them, as your own…

— Frederick Lenz

Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because this world of ours has disappointed us and because failure looms large in our day-to-day life.…

— Sri Chinmoy

If you ask why we meditate, I would say it's so we can become more flexible and tolerant to the present moment.

— Pema Chodron