Quotes about Mindfulness

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

In the words of the Scottish proverb, 'Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.

If it comes, let it come. If it goes, it's ok, let it go. Let things come and go. Don't let anything disturb your peace. Stay calm and carry on.

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune, " but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals.

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

The more you extend kindness to yourself, the more it will become your automatic response to others.

As our kindness for ourselves grows, so does our kindness for other people.

Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now.

Do the next thing." I don't know any simpler formula for peace, for relief from stress and anxiety than that very practical, very down-to-earth word of wisdom. Do the next thing. That has gotten me through more agonies than anything else I could recommend.