Mindfulness Quotes

"Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig."

"To look at ourselves clearly, we need a heart that is wide enough to contain all our experience."

"When you are obsessed, the world disappears and only the object of your focus remains."

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."

"Non-judgment does not mean that we don't see what is happening. It means that we don't add a story to it."

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."

"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate."

"The principal effect of all the passions in men is that they incite and dispose their souls to desire those things for which they prepare their bodies."

"I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake."

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life."

"Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions."

"The guest house of the human heart is never empty; every morning a new arrival."

"Emotions are like waves, we can't stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf."

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

"Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."

"A grateful mind is a peaceful mind."

"To be grateful for the present moment is to be truly alive."

"In every situation, find something to be grateful for; it is always there."

"Gratitude is a muscle that gets stronger the more you use it."

"Gratitude is the practice of noticing the good that is already there."

"Every morning, write down three things you are grateful for; it changes your brain."

"Gratitude allows us to find beauty in the mundane."

"No one is more unhappy than he who is never satisfied with what he has."

"To be grateful is to be at peace with oneself."

"True gratitude is an inner feeling, not just an outward expression."

"The wise man is always grateful for the present moment."

"The first step toward gratitude is to recognize the benefit."

"The person who is to be grateful must think of the benefit, not the giver."

"Make each day your masterpiece."