Mindfulness Quotes - Page 2

A person may rise to the highest degree of contemplation even when busily occupied.

Luck is largely a matter of paying attention.

Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals.

You end up making a home in every place you're at, in a small way. In any way you can find a kind of mindfulness.

You are whole and also part of larger and larger circles of wholeness you many not even know about. You are never alone. And you already belong. You belong to humanity. You belong to life. You belong to this moment, this breath.

There's no problem so great it can't be solved. If it can't be solved, it's not a problem, it's reality.

The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.

Confine yourself to the present.

I do not think of God theistically, that is, as a being, supernatural in power, who dwells beyond the limits of my world. I rather experience God as the source of life willing me to live fully, the source of love calling me to love wastefully and to borrow a phrase from the theologian, Paul Tillich, as the Ground of being, calling me to be all that I can be.

A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.

Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.

Your greatness is here and now. Your happiness is here and now.

Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.

Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.

Every part of our personality that we do not love will become hostile to us.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

We can’t change every little thing that happens to us in life, but we can change the way that we experience it. That’s the potential of meditation, of mindfulness. You don’t have to burn any incense, and you definitely don’t have to sit on the floor. All you need to do is to take 10 mins out a day to step back; to familiarise yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life.

If it isn't good, let it die. If it doesn't die, make it good.

Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.

Mindfulness allows us to watch our thoughts, see how one thought leads to the next, decide if we're heading down an unhealthy path, and, if so, let go and change directions.

Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day.

Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.

Life is a collection of moments. Mindfulness is beautification of the moments.