Quotes about Mindfulness

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind.

So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death comes, then we do not exist. It does not then concern either the living or the dead, since for the former it is not, and the latter are no more.

if a person fights the clear evidence of his senses he will never be able to share in genuine tranquillity

If you want to make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.

Nobody know when he is going to die. It is no good simply putting it off all the time, as we tend to do. If you face it, you realize you hold your life in your hands, and you're ready to let go at any moment. I think that is real wisdom.

Happiness is being grateful for what you have and having an attitude of gratitude instead of an attitude of envy.

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.