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π§ Mindfulness
βIt is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.β
β Jiddu Krishnamurti
βRemember, it is being aware of thoughts, not getting rid of them, that is the point.β
β Andy Puddicombe
βPeople look for retreats for themselves in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. But nowhere can a person retreat more peacefully than into their own soul.β
β Marcus Aurelius
βFreedom is secured not by the fulfilling of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.β
β Epictetus
βMan is by nature a political animal.β
β Aristotle
βWe are what we repeatedly do.β
βThe present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.β
β Thich Nhat Hanh
βSilence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.β
β Francis Bacon
βIf you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it.β
β Dogen Zenji
βHappiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.β
β Albus Dumbledore
βWhat we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow.β
β Gautama Buddha
βIn the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts mind there are few.β
β Shunryu Suzuki
βMan is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.β
β Jean-Jacques Rousseau
βMeditation is not about becoming a different person, a new person, or even a better person. It is about training in awareness.β
β Jack Kornfield
βYour living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.β
β Kahlil Gibran
βLiberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.β
β George Washington
βThere is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.β
β Socrates
βThe key to happiness is the reduction of desires.β
β Amma
βYou might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peace. This of course would be an attachment to stillness.β
β Jon Kabat-Zinn
βI cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.β
βThe only constant in life is change.β
β Heraclitus
βNo man is free who is not master of himself.β
βIt is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.β
βIn the end, just three things matter: how well we have lived, how well we have loved, how well we have learned to let go.β
βDo not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.β
β Buddha
βIt is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.β
β John Locke
βTo be great is to be misunderstood.β
β Ralph Waldo Emerson
βThe only thing constant in life is change.β
βSilence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.β
β Rumi
βTo find yourself, think for yourself.β
βWhat we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind.β
βFlow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing.β
β Zhuangzi
βThe rain has stopped, the clouds have drifted away, and the weather is clear again. If your heart is pure, then all things in your world are pure.β
β Ryokan
βQuiet the mind, and the soul will speak.β
β Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
βLife is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.β
β Confucius
βThe mind is everything. What you think you become.β
βIn the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.β
β Deepak Chopra
βOur lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.β
β F. Scott Fitzgerald
β Unknown
βThe greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.β
β William James
βDream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.β
β Goethe
βThe soul that moves in the world of the senses and yet keeps the senses in harmony... finds rest in quietness.β
β Vyasa
βI can resist anything except temptation.β
β Oscar Wilde
βWhat is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.β
β Anne Frank
βGive me liberty, or give me death.β
β Patrick Henry
βThe obstacle is the way.β
βMindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience.β
β Joseph Goldstein
βYou are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.β
β Pema Chodron
βTrue happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.β
β Seneca
βIf the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, that will be enough.β
β Meister Eckhart
βWhat you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.β
βThe 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.β
βThe meaning of life is to give life meaning.β
β Viktor E. Frankl
βAll that we are is the result of what we have thought.β
βHe who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.β
β Lao Tzu
βThe ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.β
βThere is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.β
β William Shakespeare
βThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.β
β SΓΈren Kierkegaard
βThe only journey is the one within.β
β Rainer Maria Rilke
βHe who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears.β
β Michel De Montaigne
βTo be is to be perceived.β
β George Berkeley
βDrink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves.β
βYou cannot find peace by avoiding life.β
β Virginia Woolf
βThe journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.β
βThe present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.β
β Omar Khayyam
βTo the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.β
βMan is born free, but is everywhere in chains.β
βDon't count the days, make the days count.β
β Muhammad Ali
βChange is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.β
β John F. Kennedy
βThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.β
βThe boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.β
β Tara Brach
βWhen walking walk. When eating eat.β
β Zen Proverb
βPeace comes from within. Do not seek it without.β
βGod is dead.β
β Friedrich Nietzsche
βThis is the real secret of life: to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now.β
β Alan Watts
βWho has a why to live can bear almost any how.β
βSuffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection.β
β Patanjali
βWhat we think, we become.β
βIt's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.β
β Abraham Lincoln
βLife isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.β
β George Bernard Shaw
βWhat you seek is seeking you.β
βI would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.β
β Emiliano Zapata
βVery little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.β
βHe who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age.β
β Plato
βEveryone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.β
β Leo Tolstoy
βThe wound is the place where the Light enters you.β
βWe do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.β
β AnaΓ―s Nin
βIf you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.β
β Ajahn Chah
βThe only true failure is not to try.β
β George Clooney
βIt is never too late to be what you might have been.β
β George Eliot
βKnow thyself.β
β Thales of Miletus
βDo every act of your life as though it were the very last act of your life.β
βWhen you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive: to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.β
βRealize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.β
β Eckhart Tolle
βWhere would I possibly find enough leather with which to cover the surface of the earth? But wearing leather on the soles of my feet is equivalent to covering the earth with it.β
β Shantideva
βIt does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.β
βEvery morning, when we wake up, we have twenty-four brand-new hours to live.β
βThe root of suffering is attachment.β
βThat which does not kill us makes us stronger.β
βIf you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.β
βThe primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.β
βFeelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.β
βMindfulness is the quality of mind that notices what is present without judgment, without interference.β
βI have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.β
β Thomas A. Edison
βEverything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.β
βThe only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.β
βThe Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences.β
β Seng-Tsan
βLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.β
β Soren Kierkegaard
βMindfulness isnt difficult. We just need to remember to do it.β
β Sharon Salzberg
βNature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.β
βLeisure is the mother of philosophy.β
β Thomas Hobbes
βMan is by nature a social animal.β
βOur life is what our thoughts make it.β
βI can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.β
β Jimmy Dean
βThe mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.β
β Plutarch
βHe who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.β
βLife is what we make it, always has been, always will be.β
β Grandma Moses
βThe quieter you become, the more you can hear.β
β Ram Dass
βNo man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.β
βDoubt is the origin of wisdom.β
β Rene Descartes
βWe live in the best of all possible worlds.β
β Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
βLiberty consists in doing what one desires.β
β John Stuart Mill
βThe things you think about determine the quality of your mind.β
βIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.β
βWhen walking, walk. When eating, eat.β
βYour time is limited, so do not waste it living someone elses life.β
β Steve Jobs
βA man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.β
β Mahatma Gandhi
βThe aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.β
βIf the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is β infinite.β
β William Blake
βThe power of imagination makes us infinite.β
β John Muir
βThere is no great genius without some touch of madness.β
βI have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.β
β Mark Twain
βLife must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward.β
βKnow thyself and thou shalt know all the mysteries of the gods and of the universe.β
βAct only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.β
β Immanuel Kant
βWhat a liberation to realize that the voice in my head is not who I am.β
βThe aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.β
βWherever you go, there you are.β
βSleep is the best meditation.β
β Dalai Lama
βIf you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.β
β Amit Ray
βIt is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.β
β Charles Darwin
βThe secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.β
βThe greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.β
β Jeremy Bentham
βWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgments about them.β
βWhat doesn't kill me makes me stronger.β
βThe only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.β
β Charles Kingsleigh
βHappiness is the highest good.β
βMan is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not.β
β Protagoras
βLife is always right here, right now. It is not somewhere else.β
β Charlotte Joko Beck
βOne cannot step twice into the same river.β
βThe sign of intelligence is that you are constantly wondering. Idiots are always dead sure about every damn thing.β
β Sadhguru
βThe only way to rectify our reasonings is to make them as tangible as those of the Mathematicians, so that we can find our error at a glance, and when there are disputes among persons, we can simply say: Let us calculate.β
β Leibniz
βThe only thing permanent in life is change.β
βIn order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.β
β Coco Chanel
βDo not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.β
βOne who is too insistent on his own views finds few to agree with him.β
βThe greatest wealth is to live content with little.β
βWe suffer more often in imagination than in reality.β
βI can control my passions and emotions if I can understand their nature.β
β Spinoza
βBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.β
βHappiness is not something that comes to us. It is something we cultivate through practice.β
β Matthieu Ricard
βI am therefore I think.β
β Ayn Rand
βCalmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.β
β James Allen
βI am that I am.β
β Baruch Spinoza
βDo not just do something, sit there.β
β Sylvia Boorstein
βBe yourself; everyone else is already taken.β
βMan is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.β
βOne cannot step twice in the same river.β
βIn mindfulness, acceptance always comes first, change comes after.β
β Chade-Meng Tan
βIt's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.β
βIt is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.β
βThe goal of meditation is not to control your thoughts, it is to stop letting them control you.β
β Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
βRule your mind or it will rule you.β
β Horace
βI wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.β
β Hafiz
βWhat is scattered gathers. What was gathered blows away.β
βWe are what we repeatedly do. Meditation is therefore not an act but a habit.β
β Sakyong Mipham
βThe greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.β
β Fyodor Dostoevsky
βTo be or not to be, that is the question.β
βThere is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.β
βTime is the most valuable thing a man can spend.β
β Theophrastus
βI would rather die of passion than of boredom.β
β Vincent Van Gogh
βThe purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present.β
β Sogyal Rinpoche
βThe secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.β
β Dan Millman
βHappiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.β
βThe best revenge is massive success.β
β Frank Sinatra
βHe who thinks great thoughts, often makes great errorsβ
β Martin Heidegger
βDrink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves β slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.β
βTo be is to do.β
βBefore enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.β
βThis above all; to thine own self be true.β
βThe best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.β
β H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
βIt is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.β
βThe affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.β
β Milarepa
βLife is always in the present tense.β
βTo study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.β
βI was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.β
β Edgar Allan Poe
βThe world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.β
β Jan Chozen Bays
βTo be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi).β
βKnowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.β
βNowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.β
βWalk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.β
βMeditation is not about trying to throw yourself away and become something better. It is about befriending who you are already.β
β Chogyam Trungpa
βPhilosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.β
β Ludwig Wittgenstein
βThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.β
β Samuel Johnson
βThe weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.β
βThe greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.β
β Leonardo da Vinci
βThe only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.β
β Edmund Burke
βWhereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.β
βThe whole path of mindfulness is this: whatever you are doing, be aware of it.β
β Dipa Ma
βNormality is a paved road: Itβs comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.β
β Vincent van Gogh
βInstructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.β
β Mary Oliver
β Laozi
βEnlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth.β
β Adyashanti
βThe soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.β
βStep into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will only burn what you are not.β
β Mooji
βThe mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone.β
βAlthough we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite.β
βWe are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think.β
βA man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.β
βThe brain is like Velcro for negative experiences and Teflon for positive ones.β
β Rick Hanson
βAttention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.β
β Simone Weil
βThe future depends on what you do today.β
βI donβt know why we are here, but Iβm pretty sure it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.β
βBe content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.β
βThe mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven.β
β John Milton
βThe power of mindful awareness to transform our experience of suffering into wisdom is one of the great discoveries of the contemplative tradition.β
β Nyanaponika Thera
βSmile, breathe, and go slowly.β
βIt is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.β
β RenΓ© Descartes
βTo live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.β
βThe only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing.β
βWatch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life.β
β Solomon
βEntities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.β
β William of Ockham
βThe wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big, for he knows that there is no limit to dimensions.β
β Chuang Tzu
βEach moment is all being, is the whole world. Anything that exists is yourself.β
β Suzuki Roshi
βA journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.β
βThe point of the spiritual path is not to avoid all pain. It is to learn how to deal with pain and difficult situations skillfully.β
β Lama Surya Das
βMindfulness is not about getting anywhere else. It is about being where you are.β
βTo do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.β
βTo be beautiful means to be yourself. You dont need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.β
βMindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom.β
β Bhante Gunaratana
βExperience life in all possible ways: good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities.β
β Osho
βIt is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.β
βIt is not I who am strong, it is reason, it is truth.β
β Emile Zola
βThe obstacle is the path.β
βWhat does not kill me makes me stronger.β
βIn the end, we only regret the chances we didnβt take.β
β Lewis Carroll
βLife will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.β
βTrue life is lived when tiny changes occur.β
βMuddy water, let stand, becomes clear.β
βThere is no great genius without a mixture of madness.β
βIf you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.β
βHappiness is a state of mind.β
βThe surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.β
βThe world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.β
β W.B. Yeats
βMindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.β
βEnlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.β
βIf you let go a little you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace.β
βMan is the measure of all things.β
βWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.β
βEven while they teach, men learn.β
β Seneca the Younger
βThe purpose of life is to live a life of purpose.β
β Robert Byrne
βYou can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.β
βIts being here now that is important. There is no past and there is no future.β
β George Harrison
βThe more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.β
βYou must be the change you wish to see in the world.β
βAll of humanitys problems stem from our inability to sit quietly in a room alone.β
β Blaise Pascal
βThe life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.β
βI disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.β
β Voltaire
βLife must be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.β
βEach morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.β
βThe entire universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.β
β S.N. Goenka
βWhen you plant lettuce and it does not grow well, you do not blame the lettuce.β
βGod is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him.β
βHe who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.β
β Michel de Montaigne
βThe only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.β
β Franklin D. Roosevelt
βWhoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.β
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