Action Quote by Nhat Hanh

Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there…

— Nhat Hanh

Meditation is not to get out of society, to escape from society, but to prepare for a reentery into society.

— Nhat Hanh

The point of meditation is not merely to be an honest or good person in the conventional sense, trying only to maintain our security.…

— Chogyam Trungpa

“Not everyone wants to take up meditation, but most people can feel an alignment with values like mutual respect, insightful investigation, listening to one…

— Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

— Nhat Hanh

Many of us worry about the situation of the world . . . We need to remain calm, to see clearly. Meditation is a…

— Nhat Hanh

Meditation practice is a way of making friends with ourselves. Whether we are worthy or unworthy, that's not the point. It's developing a friendly…

— Chogyam Trungpa

The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the enlightened point…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Meditation is like the cloak of the good thief. You find a corner or somewhere where you can actually entertain your own self and…

— Alice Walker

Meditation is not the pursuit of pleasure and the search for happiness. Meditation, on the contrary, is a state of mind in which there…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The inner experience of meditation can be had without any kind of forced discipline. The outer trappings - how one sits, breathes, dresses, and…

— Deepak Chopra

Meditation is valuable for all of humanity because it involves looking inward. People don't have to be religious to look inside themselves more carefully.…

— Dalai Lama