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Your mind is like this water my friend, when it is agitated it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle,…

— Oogway

If the mind is not contrived, it is spontaneously blissful, just as water, when not agitated, is by nature transparent and clear.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

It's the nature of the mind to drift away. The mind is like the Pacific Ocean, it waves. And mindfulness has been shown to…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“When the mind is clear and calm, the images it reflects are real and the knowledge it gathers is true. When the mind is…

— Daniel P. Reid

The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.

— Anonymous

When the mind is totally present, it is relaxed, nimble, and sensitive. It feels lighter and clearer. It notices everything, but it is not…

— Sakyong Mipham

The mind is continuously running around. It never sits, it can't sit. Sitting seems to be death to it, and in a way it…

— Rajneesh

The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

— Chin-Ning Chu

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

— Rudy Rucker

The thinking mind can be so noisy that it cannot relate to stillness. It doesn't even recognize it and certainly can't remember it.

— Eckhart Tolle

Its impossible to stop thinking about something that's agitating you. Moving on when or after shit happens or trying to stop thinking about an…

— Izaya

The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

— Walker Evans