Mindfulness Psychology Quotes

#1. So what is a good meditator? A good meditator meditates.

Allan Lokos

#2. 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

#3. You are already the awakeness that you seek!

Loch Kelly

#4. Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important.

Allan Lokos

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

Alaric Hutchinson

#6. Without the ability to be present we are missing much of what the adventure has to offer.

Allan Lokos

#7. Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.

Sharon Salzberg

#8. Most of us would rather kill ourselves than be, particularly if who we think we are keeps dying. Many of us do.

Brad Blanton

#9. The big realization when we go beyond the ego is simply seeing that we've always been ok.

Loch Kelly

#10. Compassion dissolves ignorance.

Alaric Hutchinson

#11. Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.

Allan Lokos

#12. Equanimity can be hard to talk about.

Sharon Salzberg

#13. A modern definition of equanimity: cool. This refers to one whose mind remains stable & calm in all situations.

Allan Lokos

#14. You're only as good as your next thought of yourself.

Curtis Tyrone Jones

#15. Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important.

Allan Lokos

#16. There is a wager that we must all make; for the small stake of some rewarding mental training, we can attain lasting contentment and contribute to a positive outcome for our planet.

Neil Hayes

#17. Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.

Sharon Salzberg

#18. The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely.

Allan Lokos

#19. 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

#20. It is often the simple daily practices that influence our lives in dramatic ways.

Alaric Hutchinson

#21. An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience.

Allan Lokos

#22. We can learn to return home to our open hearts at any moment.

Loch Kelly

#23. Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.

Allan Lokos

#24. Rest as the awareness that is aware without using thought.

Loch Kelly

#25. The true self is that which is in touch with reality.
The false self is the aspects of your personality that are adapted to threats and no longer consciously recognizes either the adaptation or the threat.

Stefan Molyneux

#26. All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others

Sharon Salzberg

#27. There is no key to open the heart of another - except curiosity.

Stefan Molyneux

#28. Although social and personal circumstances will play their part in contributing to how an individual suffers, in Buddhist thought blame is seen as a "poison" that will only lead to negative actions and will do nothing to reduce suffering.

Desmond Biddulph

#29. One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.

Allan Lokos

#30. The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present; and anxious attachment aligns with Buddhist notions of clinging and grasping.

Sharon Salzberg

#31. A relationship is the union of two psychological systems.

Sharon Salzberg

#32. The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.

Gabor Mate

#33. Try staying awake for 24 hours and you'll realize just how many needless worries your mind instantly shuts out.

Joyce Rachelle

#34. There are as many life missions as there are people. We are all unique. We are all important.

Janet Gallagher Nestor

#35. Mindfulness has never met a cognition it didn't like.

Daniel J. Siegel

#36. You're only as good as you're next thought of yourself.

Curtis Tyrone Jones

#37. Baseless victimhood is usually the last stage before outright aggression.

Stefan Molyneux

#38. When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life.

Sharon Salzberg

#39. People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha.

Allan Lokos

#40. Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience.

Allan Lokos

#41. An open mind, is the best weapon, in the fight between light and darkness

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#42. Breathe out unwanted thoughts with your exhale and re-focus your attention directly on what is important right now, at this moment.

Amit Ray

#43. Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.

Sharon Salzberg

#44. Keep your opinion to yourself unless it's asked for.

Alaric Hutchinson

#45. One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

Alan W. Watts