Mindfulness Quotes

First, we must do our own personal work, then we tend the necessary work of our family, then our community, then the world.

Even the indie rock world - which is supposed to be about truth and independence from corporate mindfulness or something - is totally subject to the paraphernalia of celebrity.

Mindfulness of the body is awareness of... the taste and smell of this moment.

Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

This moment is your portal to the future. Use it wisely!

One must be truly able to say I in order to know the mystery of the Thou in its whole truth.

Take more time, cover less ground.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.

Mindfulness, as defined by the Buddha, means awareness of incessant change, of arising and vanishing, inside of your own body, which is the ultimate reality of your own life.

There will never be a time when your life is not this moment.

If we practice mindfulness, we always have a place to be when we are afraid.

This Ariyan Eightfold Path, that is to say: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.

Awakening is natural,delusion is not

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

You cannot pour more water into a full cup without causing a spillage.

We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones.

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides - only the heart truly binds.

Patience has all the time it needs.

The world is already yours - why try to conquer it?

Breath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift.

Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention.

At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.

I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . . must mean, not a sergeantmajor-like drilling of thoughts, but a continual readiness to accept whatever came.

If you are doing mindfulness meditation, you are doing it with your ability to attend to the moment.

Cultivating a generous spirit starts with mindfulness. Mindfulness, simply stated, means paying attention to what is actually happening; it's about what is really going on.

When you have an intense contact of love with nature or another human being, like a spark, then you understand that there is no time and that everything is eternal.

No one teaches mindfulness better than Thich Nhat Hanh.

Don't think you have to be solemn to meditate. To meditate, well, you have to smile a lot.

We cannot overstate our debt to the Past, but the moment has the supreme claim.

Suchness is neither that which is existence, nor that which is nonexistence, nor that which is at once existence and nonexistence, nor that which is not at once existence and nonexistence.

The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.

If you are capable of brushing your teeth in mindfulness, then you will be able to enjoy the time when you take a shower, cook your breakfast, sip your tea.

I've always said that I think one of the best and cheapest ways to become healthier and happier is through mindfulness exercises like meditation.

Milk every moment for all the pleasure you can get from it.

World is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.

Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness.

Mindfulness is a way of paying attention, on purpose and non-judgmentally, to what goes on in the present moment in your body, mind and the world around you.

Winning has to do with gaining personal power through the practice of meditation and mindfulness; not draining your energy on ridiculous things and people.

The worst insult I can inflict on life is that I do not reflect on its meaning.

I am not nearly so interested in what monkey man was derived from as I am in what kind of monkey he is to become.

In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice.

The only time that any of us have to grow or change or feel or learn anything is in the present moment. But we're continually missing our present moments, almost willfully, by not paying attention.

The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.