Meditation Quote by Sharon Salzberg

Meditation is the calm in the chaos, the fastest way to settle down and get in touch with the stillness within.

— Donna Karan

“draw consciousness away from mind activity and create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This…

— Eckhart Tolle

The next step in meditation is not just to focus, but to stop thought completely without having to focus; you gain a tremendous amount…

— Frederick Lenz

Meditation is about breathing, it's about clarity, taking your time and not rushing through your thinking.

— Jamal Murray

“We tend to be particularly unaware that we are thinking virtually all the time. The incessant stream of thoughts flowing through our minds leaves…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

“The essence of meditation is to induce a mind which is totally relaxed and at the same time totally aware. If you get into…

— Ani Tenzin Palmo

In its outward manifestation, meditation appears to involve either stopping, by parking the body in a stillness that suspends activity, or giving oneself over…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.

— Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

“Meditation is a balancing act between attention and relaxation.”

— B. Alan Wallace

“This is like beginning to read a book. When we start, we will often be interrupted by many distractions around us. But if it…

— Jack Kornfield

The very essence of meditation is to be so silent that there is no stirring of thoughts in you, that words don't come between…

— Rajneesh

An important characteristic of calm abiding meditation is to let go of any goal and simply sit for the sake of sitting. We breathe…

— Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche