Meditation Mind Quotes

• He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Happiness, Peace, Philosophical

  Attributed in "The Life You Were Born to Live : Finding Your Life Purpose" by Dan Millman, (Pt. 2, Ch. 2), 1995.

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• Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wisdom, Yoga, Ignorance

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• The mind is responsible for the feelings of pleasure and pain. Control of the mind is the highest Yoga.

  Sivananda

  Pain, Yoga, Inspiration

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  The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

  Caroline Myss

  Inspiring, Inspiration, Healing

  Twitter post from Feb 05, 2014

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• Spiritual meditation is the pathway to Divinity. It is a mystic ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to Truth, from pain to peace.

  James Allen

  Spiritual, Pain, Errors

  James Allen (2015). “The Way to Peace”, p.5, Lulu.com

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• You are never alone or helpless. The force that guides the stars guides you too.

  Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Buddhist

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• Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.

  T. S. Eliot

  Meditation, Waiting, Thyme

  1940 Four Quartets,'East Coker', pt.1.

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• Sitting like a mountain let your mind rise and fly and soar.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Meditation Practice, Mind, Mountain

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• Life is available only in the present moment.

  Nhat Hanh

  Life, Buddhist, Meditation

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2004). “Peace Begins Here: Palestinians and Israelis Listening to Each Other”, p.23, Parallax Press

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• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Education, Book

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume”, p.270

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• Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

  Rene Descartes

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Attitude

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  Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Friends

  "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

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• If you want to find God, hang out in the space between your thoughts.

  Alan Cohen

  God, Yoga, Meditation Practice

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  Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Spiritual, Inspiration, Mean

  Quoted in The Penguin Krishnamurti Reader, ed. Mary Lutyens (1970)

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• The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

  Confucius

  Spiritual, Yoga, Men

  "Out of the Blue: Delight Comes Into Our Lives". Book by Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara Nichols, and Patty Hansen, 1996.

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• Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.

  Peter McWilliams

  Yoga, Taken, Thinking

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• You exist in time, but you belong to eternity.

  Rajneesh

  Meditation, Eternity, Penetration

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• If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

  Amit Ray

  Stress, Inspiration, Meditation Practice

  Amit Ray (2015). “Mindfulness: Living in the Moment Living in the Breath”, p.7, INNER LIGHT PUBLISHERS

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• If a person's basic state of mind is serene and calm, then it is possible for this inner peace to overwhelm a painful physical experience.

  Dalai Lama

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Meditation, Inner Peace

  His Holiness the Dalai Lama (2017). “The Dalai Lama’s Book of Transformation”, p.5, HarperCollins UK

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• If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Meditation, Mind, Empty

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

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• Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Empty Mind, Water

  "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

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• Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

  Bruce Lee

  Blank Mind, Empty Mind, Water

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.138, Tuttle Publishing

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• Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Meditation, Essentials, Each Day

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• Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.

  Ma Jaya

  Yoga Practice, Meditation Practice, Meditation And Yoga

  Ma Jaya Bhagavati (2011). “The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom From The Patterns That Bind You”, p.56, BookBaby

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• To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot be definite with something which is so immense, which is not measurable by words. We cannot understand the immeasurable so long as we approach it through time.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Meditation Practice, Mind, Quiet

  "Collected Works of J Krishnamurti 1956-1957: A Light to Yourself".

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