{"id":102889,"date":"2022-12-03T21:55:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T21:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=102889"},"modified":"2022-12-03T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T21:56:23","slug":"80-greatest-mindfulness-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/80-greatest-mindfulness-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"80 greatest mindfulness quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mindfulness is a conscience state achieved by focusing one\u2019s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one\u2019s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.<\/p>\n

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Below there is a collected list of 85 of the best mindfulness quotes to live by:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cAlways hold fast to the present. Every situation, indeed every moment, is of infinite value, for it is the representative of a whole eternity.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cBe kind whenever possible. It is always possible.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Dalai Lama<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cDo every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Marcus Aurelius<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cDrink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves \u2013 slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 ThichNhat Hanh<\/li>\n
  5. \u201cIf someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it\u2019s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there\u2019s an arrow in your heart\u2026<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cIf you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Amit Ray<\/li>\n
  7. \u201cIn the end, just three aspects matter: How well we have lived. How well we have loved. How well we have learned to let go<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Jack Kornfield<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cKnowledge does not mean mastering a great quantity of different information, but understanding the nature of<\/em> conscience. This knowledge can penetrate each one of our thoughts and illuminate each one of our perceptions<\/em>.\u201d \u2015 Matthieu Ricard<\/li>\n
  9. \u201cMaybe,\u201d he said, rubbing her forehead. \u201cBut don\u2019t worry about it. You need to be a little bit crazy. Crazy is the price you pay for having an imagination. It\u2019s your superpower. Tapping into the dream. It\u2019s a good thing not a bad thing.\u201d \u2013 Ruth Ozeki<\/li>\n
  10. \u201cObserve the space between your thoughts, then observe the observer<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Hamilton Boudreaux<\/li>\n
  11. \u201cPerfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Marcus Aurelius<\/li>\n
  12. \u201cThe best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Jon Kabat-Zinn<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cThe way to live in the present is to remember that \u2018This too shall pass.\u2019 When you experience joy, remembering that \u2018This too shall pass\u2019 helps you savor the here and now. When you experience pain and sorrow, remembering that \u2018This too shall pass\u2019 reminds you that grief, like joy, is only temporary.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Joey Green<\/li>\n
  14. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just \u201canother day, another dollar.\u201d It\u2019s more like \u201canother day, another miracle.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Victoria Moran<\/li>\n
  15. \u201cVipassana meditation is an ongoing creative purification process. Observation of the moment-to-moment experience cleanses the conscience layers, one after another.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Amit Ray<\/li>\n
  16. \u201cWhen even one virtue becomes our nature, the<\/em> conscience becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Swami Satchitananda<\/li>\n
  17. \u201cYou might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Jon Kabat-Zinn<\/li>\n
  18. \u201cAs long as we have practiced neither concentration nor mindfulness, the ego takes itself for granted and remains its usual normal size, as big as the people around one will allow.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 AyyaKhema<\/li>\n
  19. \u201cBegin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Seneca<\/li>\n
  20. \u201cDo not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Catherynne M. Valente<\/li>\n
  21. \u201cEach morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Buddha<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. \u201cI am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Marilynne Robinson<\/li>\n
    2. \u201cIf the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 William Blake<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cIf you\u2019re reading these words, perhaps it\u2019s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you\u2019re ready to embrace<\/em> transformation. It isn\u2019t enough to appreciate<\/em> transformation from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can<\/em> occur to other people but not to you. We need to create<\/em> transformation for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sharon Salzberg<\/li>\n
    4. \u201cIn this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be, and in this moment, there is infinite possibility.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Victoria Moran<\/li>\n
    5. \u201cLet go of your<\/em> conscience and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Rumi<\/li>\n
    6. \u201cMindful and creative, a child who has neither a past, nor examples to follow, nor value judgments, simply lives, speaks and plays in freedom.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Arnaud Desjardins<\/li>\n
    7. \u201cOne does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 C.G. Jung<\/li>\n
    8. \u201cRespond; don\u2019t react. Listen; don\u2019t talk. Think; don\u2019t assume<\/em>.\u201d \u2015 Raji Lukkoor<\/li>\n
    9. \u201cThe conscience in its natural state can be compared to the sky, covered by layers of cloud which hide its true nature<\/em>.\u201d \u2015 Kalu Rinpoche<\/li>\n
    10. \u201cThere are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Marilynne Robinson<\/li>\n
    11. \u201cTo diminish the suffering of pain, we need to make a crucial distinction between the pain of pain, and the pain we create by our thoughts about the pain. Fear, anger, guilt, loneliness and helplessness are all<\/em> intelectual and emotional responses that can intensify pain<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Howard Cutler<\/li>\n
    12. \u201cWalk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 ThichNhat Hanh<\/li>\n
    13. \u201cWhen you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Lao Tzu<\/li>\n
    14. \u201cFeelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 ThichNhat Hanh<\/li>\n
    15. \u201cAs soon as we wish to be happier, we are no longer happy.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Walter Landor<\/li>\n
    16. \u201cBreath is the finest gift of nature. Be grateful for this wonderful gift<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Amit Ray<\/li>\n
    17. \u201cDo not speak about anyone who is not physically present<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Allan Lokos<\/li>\n
    18. \u201cEnvy and jealousy stem from the fundamental inability to rejoice at someone else\u2019s happiness or success<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Matthieu Ricard<\/li>\n
    19. \u201cI don\u2019t need anyone else to distract me from myself anymore, like I always thought I would<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Charlotte Eriksson<\/li>\n
    20. \u201cIf we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pema Chodron<\/li>\n
    21. \u201cImpermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don\u2019t struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pema Chodron<\/li>\n
    22. \u201cIn today\u2019s rush, we all think too much <\/em>\u2013 seek too much <\/em>\u2013 want too much <\/em>\u2013 and forget about the joy of just being.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Eckhart Tolle<\/li>\n
    23. \u201cLife is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Amit Ray<\/li>\n
    24. \u201cMindfulness is simply being aware of what is<\/em> occurring right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won\u2019t)<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 James Baraz<\/li>\n
    25. \u201cOne is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 unknown<\/li>\n
    26. \u201cRestore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you\u2019re doing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sharon Salzberg<\/li>\n
    27. \u201cThe most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n<\/li>\n
    28. \u201cThere are two types of seeds in the<\/em> conscience: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sprouting of the second group and transforming the first group<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Amit Ray<\/li>\n
    29. \u201cToday, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don\u2019t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Rumi<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. \u201cWe are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Jack Kornfield<\/li>\n
      2. \u201cWhy, if we are as pragmatic as we claim, don\u2019t we begin to ask ourselves seriously: where does our real future lie?<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Sogyal Rinpoche<\/li>\n
      3. \u201cAs we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three will occur to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. Whatever occurs does not really matter<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Jack Kornfield<\/li>\n
      4. \u201cBy breaking down our sense of self-importance, all we lose is a parasite that has long infected our<\/em> consciences. What we gain in return is freedom, openness of conscience, spontaneity, simplicity, altruism: all qualities inherent in happiness<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Matthieu Ricard<\/li>\n
      5. \u201cDon\u2019t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that \u2013 thoughts<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Allan Lokos<\/li>\n
      6. \u201cEverything is created twice, first in the<\/em> conscience and then in reality<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Robin Sharma<\/li>\n
      7. \u201cI wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/li>\n
      8. \u201cIf you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Rabbi Harold Kushner<\/li>\n
      9. \u201cIn a true you-and-I relationship, we are present mindfully, non-intrusively, the way we are present with things in nature.We do not tell a birch tree it should be more like an elm. We face it with no agenda, only an appreciation that becomes participation: \u2018I love looking at this birch\u2019 becomes \u2018I am this birch\u2019 and then \u2018I and this birch are opening to a mystery that transcends and holds us both.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 David Richo<\/li>\n
      10. \u201cIt stands to reason that anyone who learns to live well will die well. The skills are the same: being present in the moment, and humble, and brave, and keeping a sense of humor<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Victoria Moran<\/li>\n
      11. \u201cLife is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the small uncaring ways<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Stephen Vincent Benet<\/li>\n
      12. \u201cMindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn\u2019t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sylvia Boorstein<\/li>\n
      13. \u201cSuffering usually relates to wanting events to be different than they are<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Allan Lokos<\/li>\n
      14. \u201cThe most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Thich Nhat Hanh<\/li>\n
      15. \u201cThere\u2019s only one reason why you\u2019re not experiencing bliss at this present moment, and it\u2019s because you\u2019re thinking or focusing on what you don\u2019t have\u2026. But, right now you have everything you need to be in bliss<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Anthony de Mello<\/li>\n
      16. \u201cWe have only now, only this single eternal moment opening and unfolding before us, day and night.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Jack Kornfield<\/li>\n
      17. \u201cBe happy in the moment, that\u2019s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Mother Teresa<\/li>\n
      18. \u201cDiversity is an aspect of human existence that cannot be eradicated by terrorism or war or self-consuming hatred. It can only be conquered by recognizing and claiming the wealth of values it represents for all.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Aberjhani<\/li>\n
      19. \u201cIf one were truly aware of the value of human life, to waste it blithely on distractions and the pursuit of vulgar ambitions would be the height of confusion.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche<\/li>\n
      20. \u201cIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Dalai Lama<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. \u201cSurrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Sonia Ricotti<\/li>\n
        2. \u201cIt\u2019s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth \u2013 and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up \u2013 that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Elisabeth K\u00fcbler-Ross<\/li>\n
        3. \u201cLooking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the conscience.<\/em>\u201d \u2015 Amit Ray<\/li>\n
        4. \u201cOur own worst enemy cannot harm us as much as our unwise thoughts. No one can help us as much as our own compassionate thoughts<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Buddha<\/li>\n
        5. \u201cThe basic root of happiness lies in our consciences; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favorable<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Matthieu Ricard<\/li>\n
        6. \u201cThe practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious intelect and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life, reaching far beyond the people and places you can see<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Earon Davis<\/li>\n
        7. \u201cThings falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Pema Chodron<\/li>\n
        8. \u201cTrue happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one\u2019s self; but the point is not only to get out \u2013 you need to stay out; and to stay out you<\/em> need to have some absorbing errand.<\/em>\u201d \u2013 Henry James<\/li>\n
        9. \u201cWhatever you eye falls on \u2013 for it will fall on what you love \u2013 will lead you to the questions of your life, the questions that are incumbent upon you to answer, because that is how the<\/em> conscience works in concert with the eye. The things of this world draw us where we need to go<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Mary Rose O\u2019Reilley<\/li>\n
        10. \u201cYou have to remember one life, one death\u2013this one! To enter fully the day, the hour, the moment whether it appears as life or death, whether we catch it on the in-breath or out-breath, requires only a moment, this moment. And along with it all the mindfulness we can muster, and each stage of our ongoing birth, and the confident joy of our inherent luminosity<\/em>.\u201d \u2013 Stephen Levine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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