Quotes about Mindfulness

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.

Our prayers may be an index of how small and self-centered our world is.

Blessed be God, I not only begin praying when I kneel down, but I do not leave off praying when I rise up.

The purpose of prayer is not to influence God to grant you special favors, but rather to remind yourself that you are always connected to God.

Our minds can be kept free of anxiety as we dump the load of our cares on the Lord in prayer.

Attachment to being right creates suffering. When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose kind and watch your suffering disappear.

Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.

Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly, at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself one way or the other at all. . . . The humility which consists in being a great deal occupied about yourself, and saying you are of little worth, is not Christian humility. It is one form of self-occupation and a very poor and futile one at that.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all

How many of us can honestly say that we have plumbed the depths of our minds and hearts? How many of us regularly listen to ourselves with empathy and understanding—in the supportive way that a trusted friend can?

There may be no better gateway to happiness than cultivating our gratitude.