Quotes about Mindfulness

When solitude was a problem, I had no solitude. When it ceased to be a problem I found I already possessed it, and could have possessed it all along.

In meditative prayer, one thinks and speaks not only with his mind and lips, but in a certain sense with his whole being.

Silence is not broken by speech, but by the anxiety to be heard.

Discipline is most important, and without it no serious meditation will ever be possible. But it should be one's own discipline, not a routine mechanically imposed from the outside.

We must slow down to a human tempo and we'll begin to have time to listen.

Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening

To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender oneself to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence. More than that, it is cooperation in violence. It destroys one's own capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness of one's own work, because it kills the root of inner wisdom which makes the work fruitful.

In choosing a bare bones existence, we are enriched, and can redefine success as an internal process rather than an outward display of wealth and power.

It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence.

Life is so much when we focus on what truly matters.

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

One who looks outside, dreams. One who looks inside, awakens.