Inspirational Mindfulness Quotes & Sayings

I used to think that life was only about progress, getting to a destination, the final outcome. But this isn't quite right. Life is more of a process, and as much as goals are important, the in-the-moment experiences along the way are really where authentic living takes place. Running has taught me this. In fact, running has been my greatest teacher of life. — Jacqueline Simon Gunn

It is often the simple daily practices that influence our lives in dramatic ways. — Alaric Hutchinson

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered. — Viktor E. Frankl

Yoga reveals to you the beauty of mindfulness and takes you into the essence of an endless present moment. — Debasish Mridha

You fill a bucket drop by drop. You clear your mind thought by thought. You heal yourself moment by moment. Today I make one drop, clear one thought, and get present to one moment. And then I do it again. — Lisa Wimberger

Mindfulness and compassion can give you the power, illumination, love, and wisdom to draw higher forms, thoughts, feelings, and situations into your life. — Amit Ray

True freedom is the ability to respond consciously, in the most beneficial way, to whatever life throws at you. — John Bruna

So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates. — Allan Lokos

When you recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you are building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring. — Sharon Salzberg

Upon entering into the divine domain of transcendence, all these religious founders truly felt that they had accessed the true meaning of the universe, while in reality, what they had access to, in that state of mind, was their inner self. — Abhijit Naskar

Above all, be at ease, be as natural and spacious as possible. Slip quietly out of the noose of your habitual anxious self, release all grasping, and relax into your true nature. Think of your ordinary emotional, thought-ridden self as a block of ice or a slab of butter left out in the sun. If you are feeling hard and cold, let this aggression melt away in the sunlight of your meditation. Let peace work on you and enable you to gather your scattered mind into the mindfulness of Calm Abiding, and awaken in you the awareness and insight of Clear Seeing. And you will find all your negativity disarmed, your aggression dissolved, and your confusion evaporating slowly like mist into the vast and stainless sky of your absolute nature. — Sogyal Rinpoche

It takes courage to become authentic. So many talk about the light but not enough speak the truth about the struggles it takes to get there and the tools to overcome it all. — Nikki Rowe

Perfection is fragile; interacting with something that seems perfect puts it in peril. — Sharon Salzberg

Sooner or later everything will turn to dust - except love — Rasheed Ogunlaru

There are ultimately two choices in life: to fight it or to embrace it. If you fight it you will lose - if you embrace it you become one with it and you'll be lived. — Rasheed Ogunlaru

Do not speak about anyone who is not physically present. — Allan Lokos

How can we expect to be happy when we have no peace of mind, when our mind is constantly jumping from the present to the past? When your mind is constantly running and filled with anxiety and fear, where is the freedom? You are stuck in the prison of your mind, stuck in thoughts and feelings from yesterday, from five years ago. There comes a time when everyone has to stop, look deep, breathe and let go. — Evan Sutter

You're only as good as you're next thought of yourself. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Most of the pain we experience, whether we realize it or not, comes from the fantasies we live in.
We create our own worlds, where there are certain rules, things to be done and said and events to happen. And every time that doesn't go according to the plan (which, basically, means anything because we have no control over what might happen and can't predict it), we panic. — Lidiya K.

Wholehearted acceptance is a basic element of love, starting with love for ourselves, and a gateway to joy. Through the practices of loving kindness and self-compassion, we can learn to love our flawed and imperfect selves. And in those moments of vulnerability, we open our hearts to connect with each other, as well. We are not perfect, but we are enough. — Sharon Salzberg

It starts with a single breath and the present moment, but where it takes you is into the vast radiance of your true nature, into a magical, spacious life. — Narissa Doumani

Mindfulness can be summed up in seven words:
Deliberate Focused Attention In The Present Moment.
- Denis J — Denis John George

A child has a deep longing to discover that the World is based on Truth. Respect that longing. In our attempt to help children grow into Inspired Adults, we wish them to carry the Youthfulness of their Souls, and the Wonders of Childhood into their old age.'
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In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go — Jack Kornfield

Fairy tales and stories of fantasy bridge the gap and inspires the heart and mind wherever religious thought reaches its limits or meets a dead end. In other words, fairy tales are spiritual in nature, rising above set dogmas and traditions to provide a modern and universal spiritual nourishment for the human soul. — Alaric Hutchinson

No ideals. No illusions. Just reality - but more perfect than you've ever imagined. That's what being mindful and living in the present means. — Lidiya K.

Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan — Carlos Castaneda

I would encourage you to follow the pathway to enlightenment, to learn to meditate, to practice mindfulness, and not to really care what anybody thinks about you, including yourself. — Frederick Lenz

Whatever it is you want in this life, be it material things, a place you want to be, or an experience you want to have, you must first make it real in the realm of your consciousness. — Brandi L. Bates

But remember, there's no greater gift than the present. — Dan Santat

When you focus and accept the current moment with love, faith, and joyfulness, you are practicing mindfulness. That is better than controlling the universe. — Debasish Mridha

People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha. — Allan Lokos

By practicing meditation we establish love, compassion, sympathetic joy & equanimity as our home. — Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness increases the awareness of the Nature of the Mind. If we learn to Control our Mind and Listen to our Souls we can consciously choose to be Joyful instead of sad, Peaceful and Loving, Alert and Relaxed. — Natasa Nuit Pantovic

We are, all of us, always only one breath or softening of our thought away from an invasion of divine wonder and fresh miracles. Soul waits for any small opening of our hearts to steal into everyday life. — Jacob Nordby

Mindfulness allows you to face the past with courage, whether it is scarred with pain or caressed with joy, and it gently holds you in the safe haven of the present without allowing you to become overwhelmed with what may or may not be waiting in the future. — Deborah A. Beasley

When we relate to ourselves with loving kindness, perfectionism naturally drops away. — Sharon Salzberg

Mindfulness is living in the moment without judging it. — Debasish Mridha

There's a thin boundary between the light and dark side. Both are fervent to reign in the space of the other. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

The soul-Self doesn't follow the crowd. It encourages you to speak up when you need to and live by your truth. — Debra Moffitt

Do not give up when touching the Door of Awareness, you meet its Mindfulness Magic, but let it open wide giving your family a possibility to Create Reality of Your Dreams. — Natasa Nuit Pantovic

Meditation may be done in silence & stillness, by using voice & sound, or by engaging the body in movement. All forms emphasize the training of attention. — Sharon Salzberg

When you practice mindfulness, you bloom like a flower. — Debasish Mridha

Give of your magic. Because if you do not give of your personal magic in a beautiful loving expressive way, then you are definitely losing the game of life and others are taking over. So be yourself. Let the magic of yourself begin to shine through. Not in a bombastic way, but in a sincere feeling way. You are a sovereign soul who is capable of filling the world with something different by adding your consciousness to this world and giving something special - your uniqueness. — Natasha Rendell

Mindfulness isn't inherently Eastern, just as electricity isn't inherently Western. Mindfulness is a quality of presence that's innate in all human beings. — Shamash Alidina

When we invoke stillness within our consciousness, we have the power to recover the child we forgot that we once were. — Daniel St. Clair

Everything real is in the present moment. Only here can we find happiness and harmony, feel alive and do something that will change our future. Only here can we be with the people we love, enjoy the things we like and see beautiful places. — Lidiya K.

I guess it's human nature to question yourself, to question why all the pain has had to happen? sometimes there isn't any answers it just is what it is and how we make ourselves feel and see through that, is what will determine how we move forward. — Nikki Rowe

There is never a reason good enough to be out of alignment with peace. — Alaric Hutchinson

Blessed are the misfits who make their own rules and stick to them for they shall inherit peace of mind — Chikamso C. Efobi

It's very possible to live life without disliking anyone. It's all vibration. We can get to the point where 'dislike' does not even register as an option in the default settings of our minds.

Some may wonder, 'What does it matter if I like or dislike people?'

In my perception, it matters greatly since dislike influences our entire energetic body. It becomes part of our vibrational aura, what we're emitting and receiving in return from the world. How we respond to the world is how the world will treat us. — Alaric Hutchinson

Instead of waiting for the right moment, BE the right moment. You won't be ready for anything if you aren't ready to be you. — Kaiden Blake

He made me question what was, when for a whole lifetime up till that moment, I accepted the world's excuses. — Walter Mosley

With silence comes mindfulness, and thus we become better at choosing our words with kind intent before we express them. — Alaric Hutchinson

Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain. — Eckhart Tolle

I find myself enjoying being alone a lot of the time, people come and people go and you have to find a way to be ok with both. — Nikki Rowe

The practice of mindfulness is nothing more than focusing on the current moment. — Debasish Mridha

If you're living in the present...you only have to deal with what's actually going on in that moment. — Sheri Van Dijk

It's paramount we take ownership of our lives. Sadness is greatly due to our having sacrificed ourselves over to a power outside of ourselves. We need to be proactive in creating positive thoughts and actions that will align ourselves with where we want to be and what we want to feel in life. — Kaiden Blake

The skill of mindfulness allows you to remain grounded in the present moment even when you face difficult stressors, so that your stressful feelings feel more manageable.. — Melanie Greenberg

You have to learn where your weaknesses end and your strengths starts or you will spend your life focusing on all that falls apart. — Nikki Rowe

When we ground ourselves in the present moment, we spontaneously connect better with others. We become more responsive and less reactive, listening more deeply and speaking with greater clarity. — Lama Surya Das

There is no reason good enough for us to ever be out of alignment with Peace, and there is no reason good enough for us to ever be out of alignment with Love. — Alaric Hutchinson

We cannot force the development of mindfulness. — Allan Lokos

You'll notice that pain isn't solid or constant but rather a series of sensations, sometimes hard, sometimes light, and even sometimes gone altogether — Ruby Wax

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are. — Allan Lokos

Don't stop yourself from greatness before you've begun from fear or from self-doubt. You were put here on this planet to do great things, to pioneer change by way of your own personal uniqueness, and to express yourself and share your happiness with others. — Kaiden Blake

When we are depleted our giving is empty. Today I take a moment to recharge, fill up with love for my life and all of its character so that I may give from a place of overflowing. — Lisa Wimberger

Fear is an illusionary place we travel to in our minds when we allow ourselves to move away from the heart. — Molly Friedenfeld

When engaging in simple everyday banter and communications, this rule of thumb can really help suppress a lot of our negative word 'vomit' since we often mindlessly chat about the things we don't like. If we refrain from expressing our negative opinions about things unless they're directly asked for, we can train ourselves to respond rather than react the second we see or hear something and then feel we must verbalize our views about it.

Remember, even if we don't agree with someone or something, we can still speak about the subject at hand in a positive light to encourage growth rather than guilty motivation. I like to say I express more "inspirations" than "opinions" with each passing day. — Alaric Hutchinson

We are too busy listening to our thoughts that we don't hear the wonderful sounds surrounding us ... — Alina Radoi

Never feel ashamed of your longing for happiness. — Sharon Salzberg

Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier. — Sharon Salzberg

Respond; don't react.
Listen; don't talk.
Think; don't assume. — Raji Lukkoor

A full-throttled deployment of the practices of strategic communication would kill candor and leave truth bereft to fend for herself in the backstabbing night of political bogeys. — Nick Bostrom

Judgement is poverty. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The journey to loving ourselves doesn't mean we like everything. — Sharon Salzberg

Life is not about what happened yesterday nor what will happen tomorrow,it's about this particular moment! — Runa Magnus

Keep your opinion to yourself unless it's asked for. — Alaric Hutchinson

Mastering our thoughts can only be achieved after we truly understand what reality is. Thus, it is time to shatter your pre-conceived concept of reality. First, the majority of what you perceive as reality exists only in your mind, and, chances are, you spend most hours of your life in this illusion. — Alaric Hutchinson

To live in infinite bliss, practice mindfulness and live in the moment. — Debasish Mridha

Don't get caught in the trap of always "Needing" something. Needing something always projects your mind into the future as if you have it and is the opposite of gratitude. Be content in the present moment. — Matthew Donnelly

Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others. — Sharon Salzberg

When we approach the journey acknowledging what we do not know and what we can't control, we maintain our energy for the quest. — Sharon Salzberg

We do not want to deny existence. Yet we also do not want to limit existence. Thus, we observe and honor without forming opinion, labeling, or adding a story to the object of our observation. — Alaric Hutchinson

I promise from now on to always make time for at least one more. One more chapter before I turn out the light and float off to sleep. One more kiss before I sink into this sea of words and search for meaning to bring back up with me. One more stretch and one more wiggle of my toes before I jump out of bed; and one more moment in meditation before I re-emerge. One more full, deep breath and one more look at the sunset. One more touch, one more smile, one more moment of stillness, of gratitude, of simplicity, of love. From now on, I'll always make room for one more because you never know when one more is all you'll ever have. — Cristen Rodgers

You're only as good as your next thought of yourself. — Curtis Tyrone Jones

Whether you've never meditated before or you've been doing it religiously for years, it is always good to evaluate (or re-evaluate) your practice. Although I've been meditating and teaching it for years, I still enjoy reading new information about it, learning new techniques, and checking out new meditation recordings. There is always something to learn because there are as many ways to meditate as there are people who are doing it. — Liberty Forrest

Meditation is not difficult in its concept and essence, but it can present challenges for some. One of the most common is in having the discipline required to stick with it and do it every day, no matter what.

"The good news is that discipline is not something you either have or you don't; it is something you develop. It is a choice. You become disciplined by making the decision, every day, to sit down and meditate, even if it's only for a few minutes. — Liberty Forrest

Fear and paranoia create many of our worldly struggles. We get something in our minds and our distorted perception sculpts the reality of what we see. Even though what we see isn't really there, we tend to act as if it is. We then begin to put people and things into boxes, labeling them, and limiting them due to our fears. — Alaric Hutchinson

Though we are emotional beings, we are not our emotions. Remember this the next time you find yourself struggling. — Kaiden Blake

Now is the only time you have. Change is happening. Give up your desire to control the world — Kelly Martin

Gratitude is the best food to start and sustain you. Hankering creates hunger, unhappiness, bellyache, headache and heartache - and often leaves a bitter taste — Rasheed Ogunlaru

Compassion dissolves ignorance. — Alaric Hutchinson

You can't control the universe, but if you learn to practice meditation and mindfulness you may be able to control yourself. — Debasish Mridha

Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. — Amit Ray

I step outside, easy at first... there is noise; I don't hear it. There are people; I don't see them... I see the water; I am alongside it. There is a big hill; I conquer it. A mile of grass; I fly across it. With each step I am stronger, and then faster. My body engages; I am really flying; I am one with the road, but I no longer feel it. With every step forward I am faster and freer. Nothing can touch me; no one can find me. What I find is the truth. I find myself... I am a runner. — Jacqueline Simon Gunn

with each measured step,
we know
this earth is only as solid
as we are. — Sheniz Janmohamed

All forms of meditation strengthen & direct our attention through the cultivation of three key skills: concentration, mindfulness & compassion or lovingkindness. — Sharon Salzberg

Keep planting new seeds until your mind becomes the earth that gives birth to new worlds. — Curtis Tyrone Jones