January 2021
Mindfulness is the awareness of everything that is going around you and within you. In this post, I’ve collected 21 quotes about mindful thought and the practice of mindfulness.
1.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Buddha
2.
Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.
Amit Ray
3.
The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
4.
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thích Nhất Hạnh
5.
Do every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.”
Marcus Aurelius
6.
Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.
Thích Nhất Hạnh
7.
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.
Pema Chödrön
8.
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
Tara Brach
9.
Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.
Amit Ray
10.
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Buddha
11.
Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.
Buddha
12.
Paradise is not a place; it’s a state of consciousness.”
Sri Chinmoy
13.
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu
14.
Slow down, you’ll get there faster.
Katherine King
15.
When we allow ourselves to embrace the moment, we allow ourselves to live.
Lisa Bien
16.
The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
17.
Happiness is your nature. It is not wrong to desire it. What is wrong is seeking it outside when it is inside.
Ramana Maharshi
18.
Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
19.
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the small uncaring ways.
Stephen Vincent Benet
20.
If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.
Amit Ray
21.
Smile, breathe, and go slowly.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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