2,809 Quotes About Mindfulness

Truly paying attention to something or someone makes it or them seem as big as the universe.

With silence comes mindfulness, and thus we become better at choosing our words with kind intent before we express them.

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.

On the one hand, the Buddha put a lot of emphasis on pursuing “The Noble Quest.” Which is the right point of view: Pursuing The Noble Quest or Calling Off the Search? Both, not neither!

Every time you decide to do one thing, you decide not to do another. Keep this in mind when deciding what to do next. What is the consequence of what you are about to do? Will this action, or inaction help or harm you? Stay mindfully present! Empower yourself in the now.

Renunciation essentially means simplifying one’s mind, one’s words, and one’s activities, by letting go of what obstructs inner freedom. Constraint creates frustration; renunciation produces a real sense of joy.

Meditation means to let the word descend from our minds into our hearts and thus to become enfleshed.

When you're depressed, you don't feel like taking a bath or cleaning the room. But you feel good after doing it. Same with meditation. You must do it when you don't feel like doing it.

There's only one book worth reading: the mind