Mindfulness quotes

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When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as… Patrick Rothfuss
To hear, one must be silent. Ursula K. Le Guin
Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you. Terry Pratchett
The flame and the void. Become one with the bow, the arrow, the target. Robert Jordan
You must look for things that mean more than what they are. Diana Wynne Jones
May your Paths be safe, your Floors unbroken, and may the House fill your eyes with Beauty. Susanna Clarke
The past is done. The future is a fog. There's only one moment that you can really live in. Joe Abercrombie
Sometimes the most remarkable things seem commonplace. Jim Butcher
You can't stop the future. You can't rewind the past. The only way to learn the secret is to press play. Kristin Cashore
It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, time always seems to pass more swiftly. Robin Hobb
Remember this: there are people who don't see a dragon even when it's right in front of them. Tamora Pierce
Depending on what they were, dreams were either dangerous or useful or sad. Maggie Stiefvater
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality. Rick Riordan
It is sometimes better to dwell upon pleasant matters, when there is nothing you can do about the… Roger Zelazny
There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Terry Pratchett
The journey is the point. Not the destination. Brandon Sanderson
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next. Ursula K. Le Guin
Don't waste your time chasing the wrong things while the right things pass you by. Leigh Bardugo
A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process. Frank Herbert
We who toil in the great fields of life must remember to look up at the stars. Tad Williams
Music was everywhere, if you knew how to look. Rachel Hartman
To shut your eyes is to travel. Kristin Cashore
The journey matters more than any single step. Brandon Sanderson
The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after… Terry Pratchett
The real story of the Fall depends on a tiny detail. Rick Riordan
Everything is good when it's a dream, until you wake up. Maggie Stiefvater
Life is the future, not the past. Terry Goodkind
It's astonishing just how much of what we are can be tied to the beds we wake up in in the morning. Neil Gaiman
There are things that words cannot reach, and feeling is one of them. Roger Zelazny
They were the sort of stars that made you realize how big the dark is. Terry Pratchett
It's still magic even if you know how it's done. Terry Pratchett
It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. Patrick Rothfuss
Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the… Ursula K. Le Guin
Pain has a way of forcing the mind into the present. Robin Hobb
A library was a place to be still, and a place to find quiet, and a place where, like an in a dream, you… Sarah J. Maas
Everybody has a secret world inside of them. Neil Gaiman
Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner. Mark Lawrence
There is no word for art, and there is no word for magic. The closest you can get is the word for making. R.A. Salvatore
Treat life as we know it, breathe and live, and let go of those fears of an ending. R.A. Salvatore
The time you have is yours to spend; spend it wisely. Michael Ende
To watch over time is to watch over the human heart. Michael Ende
That is what it means to swim in the tide, to walk the earth and feel it touch your feet. Madeline Miller
It is important. Someone needs to remember. Erin Morgenstern
The world is full of magic, you just have to be willing to look. Lev Grossman
May your power shine. The beauty of this world has made me sad. Susanna Clarke
Anticipation is often greater than realization. Brandon Sanderson
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters. Ursula K. Le Guin
Everyone and everything has a story. Garth Nix
All the fear is for what never happens. All the suffering is over what never comes. Katherine Arden
Five minutes was sometimes a very long time. Cornelia Funke
Adults follow paths. Children explore. Neil Gaiman
I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else. Neil Gaiman
Be calm and the magic will follow. V.E. Schwab
Let the stars be stars. Let the world be the world. And let yourself simply be. N.K. Jemisin
The future is no more uncertain than the present. Robin Hobb
Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. Remember, it's only a game. Stephanie Garber
Worrying is like a rocking chair: it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere. Brandon Mull
Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. Ursula K. Le Guin
Magic was not something you possessed. It was something you let pass through you. V.E. Schwab
A library is the closest thing to a time machine we have. Terry Pratchett
Each day is a country. You travel through it once and never return. Ursula K. Le Guin
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Marcus Aurelius
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius
Do every act of your life as if it were the last. Marcus Aurelius
We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in apprehension than in reality. Seneca
While we wait for life, life passes. Seneca
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them. Epictetus
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? Confucius
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Lao Tzu
Stop thinking, and end your problems. Lao Tzu
What we think, we become. Buddha
Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace. Buddha
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Buddha
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. Zen Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. Zen Proverb
Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. Zen Proverb
Let your heart be at peace, and watch the turmoil of beings. Zen Proverb
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. Sun Tzu
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Rumi
The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind. Mencius
The wise man looks into space and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too big. Zhuangzi
Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind. Bhagavad Gita
The words you speak become the house you live in. Hafiz
Listen to the wind, it talks. Listen to the silence, it speaks. Listen to your heart, it knows. Native American Proverb
Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant. Native American Proverb
Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Book of Proverbs
Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow. Horace
The trouble is, you think you have time. Buddha
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. Theophrastus
Caretake this moment. Immerse yourself in its particulars. Epictetus
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. Epictetus
Concentrate every minute on doing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness. Marcus Aurelius
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate… Marcus Aurelius
How much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does. Marcus Aurelius
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Marcus Aurelius
Most of what we say and do is not essential. Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary? Marcus Aurelius
Hold fast to time. Some moments are snatched away, some are stolen, some vanish. Seneca
To be everywhere is to be nowhere. Seneca
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary. Seneca
A clear conscience is a soft pillow. Chinese Proverb
The energy of the mind is the essence of life. Aristotle
Memory is the scribe of the soul. Aristotle
Manifesting doesn't happen in time. It happens in awareness. We are taught to measure everything in… Neville Goddard
The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Jon Kabat-Zinn
How To Make Fear, Doubt, And Worry Disappear. Author Unknown
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Thich Nhat Hanh

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