Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chogyam Trungpa

Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there.

Aristotle

Life cannot be lived, and understood, simultaneously.

Deepak Chopra

To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now.

Deepak Chopra

Every present moment will offer itself as a window onto eternity, a doorway to the infinite.

Eckhart Tolle

If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment.

Eckhart Tolle

Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.

Dustin Moskovitz

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.

Ram Dass

The richness of a moment comes when it's both full and empty at the same time. The truth is, we live simultaneously in time and timelessness.

Ram Dass

I experience each moment like baklava: rich in this layer, and this layer, and this layer.

Mary Morrissey

Nature herself does not distinguish between what seed it receives. It grows whatever seed is planted; this is the way life works. Be mindful of the seeds you plant today, as they will become the crop you harvest.

Pema Chodron

Mindfulness is loving all the details of our lives, and awareness is the natural thing that happens: life begins to open up, and you realize that you're always standing at the center of the world.

Marion Ross

This moment is your portal to the future. Use it wisely!

Nhat Hanh

Only the present moment contains life.

Rainer Maria Rilke

All this hurrying soon will be over. Only when we tarry do we touch the holy.

Henepola Gunaratana

Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of socially conditioned responses or habitual reactions.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Simply put, mindfulness is moment-to-moment non-judgmental awareness.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

In any given moment we are either practicing mindfulness, or defacto, we are practicing mindlessness.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness is not about getting anywhere else.

Taisen Deshimaru

Time is not a line, but a series of now-points.

Victoria Moran

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.

Steve Mariucci

I never wear a watch, because I always know it's now - and now is when you should do it.