Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.
Marcus AureliusI am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can’t stop to put out the fire that is burning the other.
Abraham LincolnIf you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Edgar Allan PoeIt’s human nature to gripe, but I’m going ahead and doing the best I can.
Elvis PresleyI sometimes ask people, ‚Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you’re having, not the emotions that you’re having, but the very presence of your very being?‘ You become aware of your own presence by sensing the entire energy field in your body that is alive. And that is the totality of your presence.
Eckhart TolleA quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
Bruce LeeNothing is worth more than this day.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLet our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.
Winston ChurchillLittle minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMeditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.
Thich Nhat HanhI don’t try to control my days.
Paulo CoelhoHis was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours.
F. Scott FitzgeraldLet the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Fear, separation, hate and anger come from the wrong view that you and the Earth are two separate entities, the Earth is only the environment. You are in the centre and you want to do something for the Earth in order for you to survive. That is a dualistic way of seeing.
Thich Nhat HanhThought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Eckhart TolleDon’t wait for the last judgment – it takes place every day.
Albert CamusPrejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don’t see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence.
Eckhart TolleYou can write any time people will leave you alone and not interrupt you. Or, rather, you can if you will be ruthless enough about it. But the best writing is certainly when you are in love.
Ernest HemingwayThe willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don’t be concerned with dessert.
Wayne DyerI wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.
Joyce MeyerMy head’s never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch ‚CSI‘ or ‚Law & Order,‘ where I have to follow the crime. If I can’t turn my head off during that, I know I’ve really got a problem.
Taylor SwiftMeditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.
Alice WalkerI focus on one thing and one thing only – that’s trying to win as many championships as I can.
Kobe BryantI like to let things breathe.
Kendrick LamarControl thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
EpictetusConflict cannot survive without your participation.
Wayne DyerUsually, people have a tendency to be caught in the worries concerning the future or in the regret concerning the past. There is some kind of energy that is pushing them to run, and they are not able to establish themselves in the present moment.
Thich Nhat HanhSometimes I just sit still and enjoy God’s presence.
Joyce MeyerDo not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.
Henry David ThoreauSomebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.
Ernest HemingwayThe way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
Gilbert K. ChestertonA great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.
Wayne DyerAlways first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.
Franz KafkaDo not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
EpictetusWorry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
Corrie Ten BoomMemories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
Eckhart TolleFill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Lao TzuSometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.
LeBron JamesThe perplexity of life arises from there being too many interesting things in it for us to be interested properly in any of them.
Gilbert K. ChestertonBy letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond the winning.
Lao TzuThe happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Marcus AureliusArrange whatever pieces come your way.
Virginia WoolfWe are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
BuddhaMeditation helps me to calm down.
Lady GagaYou cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.
Wayne DyerTo me, business isn’t about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It’s about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.
Richard BransonAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark TwainWe are always getting ready to live but never living.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
ConfuciusI believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
Albert EinsteinGive whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Jim RohnEvery thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
Thich Nhat HanhA mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
Wayne DyerDo the best you can, and don’t take life too serious.
Will RogersI have inhaled, exhaled everything.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerBe careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.
Mark TwainBuddhism teaches us not to try to run away from suffering. You have to confront suffering. You have to look deeply into the nature of suffering in order to recognize its cause, the making of the suffering.
Thich Nhat HanhWork as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
Benjamin FranklinEvery day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWhatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.
Brian Tracy