Quotes about Mindfulness

We transmit our thoughts, speech and actions - collectively known as our karma to our children and to the world, that is our future.

Making an effort at the wrong time or place dissipates our energy.

If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.

Stopping, calming, and resting are preconditions for healing. If we cannot stop, the course of our destruction will just continue. The world needs healing. Individuals, communities, and nations need healing.

The first step is to stop the thinking; we need to come back to our breathing and calm our body and mind. This will bring more space and clarity so that we can name and recognize the idea, desire, or emotion that's troubling us, say hello to it, and give ourselves permission to release it.

The space itself, your home, naturally has a message and intention.

Nirvana is the complete silencing of concepts.

You must do whatever is necessary to be able to do this: recognize the presence of the person you love several times each day.

Whenever everyone's eyes are fixed on the earth—looking at the trees, plants, hills, mountains, or each other—then we know we are in the historical dimension, the world of birth and death. But when everyone's eyes look into space then we have entered the ultimate dimension, the unborn and undying world.

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

When angry, count to 10 before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.

When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.