Quotes about Mindfulness
As Buechner says, we are in constant danger of being not actors in the drama of our lives but reactors, "to go where the world takes us, to drift with whatever current happens to be running the strongest.
— John Eldredge
The gift of presence is a rare and beautiful gift. To come - unguarded, undistracted - and be fully present, fully engaged with whoever we are with at that moment.
— John Eldredge
When I pull into the driveway at the end of the day. I don't have to leap from the car; I can take a moment. I turn the engine off, sometimes lay my head down on the steering wheel, and just breathe. I try to let go of the day.
— John Eldredge
After I finish a phone call and before I start something else, I simply pause. When I pull into work in the morning and when I pull into my driveway in the evening, I pause.
— John Eldredge
The rooted person is able to meditate—give sustained attention to—the revelation of God. Not swipe, not multitask. Lingering focus.
— John Eldredge
My soul just can't do life at the speed of smartphones. But I was asking it to; everybody's asking theirs to.
— John Eldredge
Turn your phone off at 8:00 p.m. Give yourself some evening time for real things. And banish all technology from your bedroom.
— John Eldredge
Friend, you must be intentional about holding on to the truth.
— John Eldredge
God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind" (2 Timothy 1:7).
— John Hagee
Please don't spoil my day; I'm miles away and, after all, I'm only sleeping.
— John Lennon
Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.
— John Lennon
Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
— Epictetus