Quotes About Quieting Your Mind

#1. It's about quieting your mind and getting into certain states where everything outside of you doesn't matter in that moment. There are so many things telling you that you can't do something, but you take those thoughts captive, take power over them and change them.

Russell Okung

#2. I don't believe you have to get a peaceful heart, I think there is a native tranquility within each of us that's already there. And through quieting your mind and your heart, you can slip right down into it.

John O'Donohue

#3. What agreement is there between the hyena and the dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?BibleEcclus,xiii. 18.2.

Samuel Johnson

#4. Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.

Hugh Jackman

#5. At any age you can start over. You have to drop the idea of where you should be in your career. And you have to do without a lot of love. Not everyone's going to love you.

Mary Harron

#6. A fellow with the smallest mind is the one who is usually most willing to give someone a piece of it.

Croft M. Pentz

#7. When we're tempted to give up, we must remember God is long-suffering, change is a process, and repentance is a pattern in our lives.

Brad Wilcox

#8. By relaxation, I don't mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I'm talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.

Bernie Siegel

#9. Writing is putting one's obsessions in order.

Jean Grenier

#10. Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind.

Patanjali

#11. Do what you love.
Do what makes your heart sing.
And NEVER do it for the money,
Go to work to spread joy.

Marianne Williamson

#12. Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm of our soul and spirit. In this domain of awareness there is infinite creativity, synchronicity, the power of intention, and freedom from limitations.

Deepak Chopra

#13. Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats ... for jittery people.

William Styron

#14. If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.

Diane Von Furstenberg

#15. I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.

Ned Beauman

#16. There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

Frank Howard Clark

#17. A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

Benjamin Franklin

#18. Whatever the method, the purpose of quieting the mind is always the same ... to step out of you own way and touch a Universal Oneness with all things.

Susan Jeffers

#19. Of all things difficult to rule, none were more so than my will and affections.

Elisabeth Elliot

#20. The Good News is that God's mercy and forgiveness extend to those who repent. Mercy does not mean approving of something that is sinful, but does absolve the wrongdoer after a change of heart takes place in the sinner through the gift of God's grace.

Thomas J. Paprocki

#21. The quieting of our mind is a political act.

Jack Kornfield

#22. Meditation is the process of quieting one's mind, and letting go of the worries and stress of life.

Tim McCarthy

#23. Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

Johan Cruijff