Quotes about Mindfulness

To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender oneself to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence. More than that, it is cooperation in violence. It destroys one's own capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of one's own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes the work fruitful.

In choosing a bare bones existence, we are enriched, and can redefine success as an internal process rather than an outward display of wealth and power.

It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.

Life is so much when we focus on what truly matters.

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

One who looks outside, dreams. One who looks inside, awakens.

Whoever looks from inside knows that everything is new.

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

The wise man desires nothing; he does not judge, he makes no plans, he keeps his mind open and his

Cathy told her that the most important thing in life was to clean up one's own mess, commit oneself a hundred percent to reality, place all one's energy in the present moment, and to do so right now, immediately.

Lucia argued something similar. She gave as an example the Chihuahua, Marcelo, who lived eternally grateful in the present, accepting whatever might happen without worrying about any future misfortune that might add to all those he had previously encountered in his life as an abandoned dog. "Too

If your lips would keep from slips five things observe with care: To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when, and where.