Quotes about Mindfulness

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.

I pray while driving. I pray while working, and while relaxing.

Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success.

The way to focus our minds in prayer, therefore, is to picture mentally the one to whom we pray and the matter about which we pray.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.