Quotes about Mindfulness

Satan's constant assault is aimed at our belief in God's goodness and power, that God will supply all our needs, and that we can trust God to be sufficient in all ways. When our minds are on God, and our thoughts are formed by our knowledge of God, such sufficiency will flow to us. Thus Satan's main task is to keep our minds elsewhere, anywhere but on God.

Practice in not speaking can at least give us enough control over what we say that our tongues do not "go off" automatically. This discipline provides us with a certain inner distance that gives us time to consider our words fully and the presence of mind to control what we say and when we say it.

Invite Jesus into each new situation or interaction.

This time of reflection should also include thanksgiving for all the ways the day went well.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

There is no way to happiness — happiness is the way.

Love the life you live, and live the life you love.

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.

Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Let go of the present. Proceed to the opposite shore with a free mind, leaving behind all conditioned things.

If our feelings control our actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.

Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.

At 46 one must be a miser; only have time for essentials.