Quotes about Mindfulness

When something goes 'wrong,' it is not the outer event that ought to be changed, but our inner state which responds to it. If we can build inner balance, we will no longer be blown over by the slightest gust, whether 'good' or 'bad'.

There would seem to be nothing more obvious, more tangible and palpable than the present moment. And yet it eludes us completely. All the sadness of life lies in that fact. In the course of a single second, our senses of sight, of hearing, of smell, register (knowingly or not) a swarm of events and a parade of sensations and ideas passes through our head. Each instant represents a little universe, irrevocably forgotten in the next instant.

Let us be poised, wise and our own today.

Love, wonder, joy & awareness are the gifts of innocence.

The highest intention comes from love and compassion ... when our intentions come from a place of love and compassion then we have the power of the universe.

Any decrease of anxiety is a step toward love.

Let the mechanics of desire bring your fulfilment without interference.the more you interfere, the less likely you will get what you want.

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.

Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

In the long run, and in the short run, the quality of your thinking largely determines the quality of your life. All truly successful, happy people are good thinkers.

Meditation has become such a common element of business training that more than a thousand Googlers attended a training program called, Search Inside Yourself. Google even hosts bimonthly silent 'mindful lunches', which began after Zen monk and writer, Thich Nhat Hanh, visited Google in 2011.

The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.