Quotes about Mindfulness

The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

We never regret having eaten too little.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

Be good, keep your feet dry, your eyes open, your heart at peace and your soul in the joy of Christ.

[W]hen the faculties are empty, then your whole being listens.

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.

The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.

Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.

We shall never go to heaven when we die—unless we are in heaven while we live.