Quotes about Mindfulness
Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.
— Thomas Merton
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.
— Thomas Merton
The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.
— Thomas Merton
Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.
— Thomas Merton
We shall never go to heaven when we die—unless we are in heaven while we live.
— Thomas Watson
Worldly business often crowds into our duties, and while our mouths are speaking to God, our hearts are thinking of the world:
— Thomas Watson
Live your life and forget your age.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
— Norman Vincent Peale
when the old fears, hates, and worries that have haunted you for so long try to edge back in, they will in effect find a sign on the door of your mind reading "occupied.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented, and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful. Such attitudes are active and definite factors in creating satisfactory conditions. Watch your manner of speech then if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind.
— Norman Vincent Peale
A basic law: The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Every day flush lack thoughts out of your mind and refill with dynamic thoughts of abundance. Expect generous benefits in never failing supply.
— Norman Vincent Peale