Mindfulness Training Quotes

#1. True compassion is undirected & holds no conceptual focus. That kind of genuine, true compassion is only possible after realizing emptiness.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#2. Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware - not only of our own inner workings but also of what's happening around us in the here & now.

Sharon Salzberg

#3. We train ourselves all through our life to waste energy following our inner narratives. We are often unconsciously driven by our fears, worries and fantasies. Enter the space of Awareness of the present moment with no emotional filters, no regrets nor hopes, no daydreaming and no nightmares.

Natasa Nuit Pantovic

#4. 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

#5. 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

#6. 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

#7. If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back
to you, then its yours forever. If it doesnt, then it was never
yours to begin with.

Jack Engelhard

#8. Every moment nature is serving fresh dishes with the items of happiness. It is our choice to recognize and taste it.

Amit Ray

#9. What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives.

Sharon Salzberg

#10. You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?'

Michael Gove

#11. In the second training, we develop energy, concentration, and mindfulness. These are the meditative and life tools that enable us to awaken. Without them we simply act out the patterns of our conditioning.

Joseph Goldstein

#12. Allah always gives you signs, when you are with Him, that He is with you.

Malcolm X

#13. Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

Sharon Salzberg

#14. Mindfulness is continuous undisturbed awareness of the present moment. Fully aware of here, and now, we pay attention to what is happening right in front of us, we set aside our mental and emotional baggage. To be mindful we have to re-train our mind.

Natasa Nuit Pantovic

#15. Information is key to raising awareness of what our brain withholds from our conscious mind. Unfortunately we are hardwired emotion-driven thinkers. It takes effort and training to exercise introspection and mindfulness.

David Bloor

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

Allan Lokos

#17. I need boundaries. In the modern studio there are a bunch of instruments around me, and I can simulate anything I can't play, so sometimes the palette feels too big.

Trent Reznor

#18. We've always been the development project that lived in a time pressured setting and always where commercial entities were relying heavily on releases in a certain time frame.

Mitchell Baker

#19. With the right person, you can have a late-night conversation at any time of the day. But it helps to have it late at night.

David Levithan

#20. There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most insidious way is to persuade them that they're victims.

Tom Robbins

#21. Attention can be trained very naturally, with affection, just as you train a puppy. When something distracts your attention, you say "Come back" and bring it back again. With a lot of training, you can teach your mind to come running back to you when you call, just like a friendly pup.

Eknath Easwaran

#22. Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.

Pico Iyer

#23. After a long time i saw my self in mirror and i find-out a berthing machine

Mohammed Zaki Ansari

#24. My career is going to be played out year by year. Will I be here in 2004? I don't know. The record won't keep me here. Happiness will.

Lance Armstrong

#25. If you give me wings I will soar for you Even if this whole land Sinks down to the water If you give me a sword I will fight for you Even if this whole sky Shoots through with your light

Tite Kubo

#26. You see him coming in with an 0-2 record and a 5 ERA and you wonder, 'How? How's that possible?

Mark Buehrle