61 Quotes About Meditation and the Mind

 

Take a deep breath. Clear your mind.

Focus on your mind, your thoughts, and your peace.

Meditate.

Most people think meditation is the act of sitting on a mat, legs crossed, eyes closed, mind clear.

In truth, meditation takes many forms.

There is moving meditation, focused meditation, and mindfulness meditation. There are forms of meditation to help you relax, concentrate, and become more aware of your body and breath.

Whether you are moving or sitting still, the goal of meditation is to focus on the present moment and, in turn, transform your mind.

May today’s quotes encourage you to be more mindful, more aware, and more at peace with yourself.

 

Meditation and the Mind

Time creates history. Meditation creates the moment. ~ Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

I meditate so that my mind cannot complicate my life. ~ Sri Chinmoy

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself...Few people have that capacity and yet everyone could have it. ~ Hermann Hesse

Sleep is the best meditation. ~ Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings. You can imagine the thoughts as clouds passing through the sky. ~ Arianna Huffington

…all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Meditation is not you going through thoughts – it’s letting thoughts go through you. ~ Naval Ravikant

The purpose of meditation is personal transformation. ~ Henepola Gunaratana

The “you” that goes in one side of the meditation experience is not the “you” that comes out the other side. ~ Henepola Gunaratana

Meditation changes your character by a process of sensitization, by making you deeply aware of your own thoughts, words, and deeds. ~ Henepola Gunaratana

Meditation, properly performed, prepares you to meet the ups and downs of existence. ~ Henepola Gunaratana

Mindfulness is about paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and without judgment to any activity you engage in. ~ Jennifer Wolkin

Mediation is not spacing out or running away. In fact, it is being totally honest with ourselves. ~ Kathleen McDonald

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence. ~ Swami Dhyan Giten

It is the mind that ennobles, not the blood. ~ Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio

Judge not the mind by the shape of the body. ~ Antoinette Bourignon

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books...It has helped me raise my child...It has made my losses bearable. ~ Alice Walker

Meditation can help us embrace our worries, our fear, our anger; and that is very healing. We let our own natural capacity of healing do the work. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ~ James Allen

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. ~ James Allen

Self-control is strength. Right thought is mastery. Calmness is power. ~ James Allen

The more regularly and the more deeply you meditate, the sooner you will find yourself acting always from a center of peace. ~ J. Donald Walters

The beauty of the mind is more lovely than that of the body. ~ Socrates

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

Wise men are chiefly captivated with the charms of the mind. ~ Samuel Croxall

A man may know his own mind, and still not know a great deal. ~ Edward Parsons Day

The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt. ~ Jean Jacques Rousseau

The sufferings of the mind are more severe than the pains of the body. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

Meditation is a process of lightening up, of trusting the basic goodness of what we have and who we are, and of realizing that any wisdom that exists, exists in what we already have. ~ Pema Chodron

We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what we’re doing. ~ Pema Chodron

The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves. ~ Pema Chodron

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. ~ Rumi

Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others. ~ Charlotte Eriksson

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. ~ John Milton

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

What I’ve learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal. ~ Goldie Hawn

Old minds are like old horses: you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. ~ John Adams

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still. ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Let go of the past. Let go of the future. Let go of the present moment. ~ Anonymous

Do not dwell in the past. Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment. ~ Anonymous

When your world moves too fast and you lose yourself in the chaos, introduce yourself to each color of the sunset. ~ Christy Ann Martine

Reacquaint yourself with the earth beneath your feet. ~ Christy Ann Martine

Thank the air that surrounds you with every breath you take. ~ Christy Ann Martine

Find yourself in the appreciation of life. ~ Christy Ann Martine

To realize a tranquil heart and a clear mind is to have gone far along the path of meditation. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

...the mind conquers everything; it gives even strength to the body. ~ Ovid

Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. ~ Bryant McGill

It is they only who are elevated in mind, character, and position, who can lift us up; while the ignoble, degraded, and debased, only drag us down. ~ Author Unknown (from Acton; Or, the Circle of Life)

The mind, like the body, acquires strength by exertion; the art of reasoning, like other arts, is learned by practice... ~ Jeremiah Day

Silence is not an absence but a presence. ~ Anne D. LeClaire

Praying is talking to the universe. Meditation is listening to it. ~ Anonymous

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind; like imprisoned steam, the more it is pressed, the more it rises to resist the pressure; the more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish. ~ Thomas Edwards

The brain is simply the machinery for putting the thoughts, desires, and will of the heart into action. ~ Van Brunt Wyckoff

With every breath, the old moment is lost; a new moment arrives...This is meditation. This is renewal. This is life. ~ Surya Das

Meditation allows us to deal with life as it is rather than looking at it and comparing it with how we think it’s supposed to be. ~ Jeff Kober

Paradise is not a place. It’s a state of consciousness. ~ Sri Chinmoy

Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction. ~ Sri Chinmoy

Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality. ~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace. ~ Anonymous

Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. ~ Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

 

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