Mindful Living Quotes

Mindfulness for Busy People

When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~ Lao Tzu

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

As soon as we wish to be happier, we are no longer happy. ~ Walter Landor

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn’t more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it. ~ Sylvia Boorstein

The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing. ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn

In today’s rush, we all think too much — seek too much — want too much — and forget about the joy of just being. ~ Eckhart Tolle

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~ Dalai Lama

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different than they are. ~ Allan Lokos

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. ~ Pema Chodron

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. ~ William Blake

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. ~ Amit Ray

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

Do every act of your life as though it were the last act of your life. ~ Marcus Aurelius

Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality. ~ Robin S. Sharma

Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts. ~ Allan Lokos

Respond; don’t react. Listen; don’t talk. Think; don’t assume. ~ Raji Lukkoor

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. ~ Victoria Moran

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).~ James Baraz

Mindfulness isn’t difficult, we just need to remember to do it. ~ Sharon Salzberg

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