Quotes about Mindfulness

As I love and approve of myself and others, my life gets better and better.

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

a person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.

You are not your mind. You are not your body. You are not even your beliefs-these are only of this world, mere flesh and blood and a few electrochemical reactions. You, my friend, are far greater than this. Be still and know, not with your mind, but with that which is beyond your mind. Are these words true to you?

Everything we say, do, and think, aligns us with darkness or light, love or grievance. Thus everything is a spiritual practice, whether we are aware of it or not. We are constantly, in every moment, aligning with one way of being or another. The choice is ours to make each moment of the day.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Our challenge isn't in becoming more than we are, because we are already risen and complete. Our challenge is to remember and abide in who we are, each day and each hour.

There are no longer any problems to solve. If there are no longer any problems to solve, there's no longer any need for correction. If there's no need for correction, then there's no need for law. Live in the grace of that which is now perfect, as it is. Be perfect, don't try to become perfect. You already are, you just don't know it yet. Be still and know.

Lifting your eyes from the things of this world is an activity that must begin WHERE YOU ARE.

I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbrella, parachute, and raft; I would not only go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay out later in the fall; but I would devote not one more minute to monitoring my spiritual growth. No, not one.

Silence is not simply the absence of noise or the shutdown of communication with the outside world, but rather a process of coming to stillness.

Peace is first of all the art of being.