Quotes about Intention

We will receive the fruits of any act we have done, whether wholesome or unwholesome.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness.

Many of us think of our daily nourishment only in terms of what we eat. But in fact, there are four kinds of food that we consume every day. They are: edible food (what we put in our mouths to nourish our bodies), sensory food (what we smell, hear, taste, feel, and touch), volition (the motivation and intention that fuels us), and consciousness (this includes our individual consciousness, the collective consciousness, and our environment).

With mindful walking, our steps are no longer a means to arrive at an end.

As a practitioner, you can create holiness. Holiness cannot be bestowed on us by someone else. ... We are a saint when we can produce holiness.

We must begin to live fully and truly, every moment of our daily lives.

Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

The problem is not one of being wrong or right, but one of being more or less skillful.

Brushing my teeth and rinsing my mouth, I vow to use truthful and loving speech. When my mouth is fragrant with right speech, a flower blooms in the garden of my heart.

Our motivation and our thoughts about our actions become as important as the actions themselves.

Here's the reality: many women are led into marriage primarily through romantic idealism, and many men are swept to the altar through sexual attraction. Before you can make a wise marital choice, you have to rid yourself of inferior motivations. The wrong why will lead you to the wrong who.

Yes, they think that. They regard the intention of loyalty to a partnership for mutual help, for the preservation of chastity, and for the transmission of life, as something lower than a storm of emotion.