Quotes about Mindfulness
The art of life consists in taking each event which befalls us with a contented mind, confident of good. ... With this method ... rejoice always, though in the midst of sorrows, and possess all things, though destitute of everything.
— James Freeman Clarke
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
— Epictetus
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.
— Marianne Williamson
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life.
— Oprah Winfrey
He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
— Epictetus
He has enough who is contented with little.
— Anonymous
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth is unhappy, though he is master of the world.
— Epicurus
The one thing worth living for is to keep one's soul pure.
— Marcus Aurelius
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants, and how much more unhappy he might be than he really is.
— Joseph Addison
Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.
— Abraham Lincoln
The best things are nearest: breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things of life.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
— George Bernard Shaw