11 quotes
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
George Bernard ShawDon’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. Time may be passing for our bodies, but because they house our ageless souls, we never need to see ourselves as old and infirm.
Wayne DyerNumber of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.
Dalai LamaThoughts are fine when you don’t confuse them with who you are, and then thoughts are not a problem. Thinking is a wonderful tool to create things in this world. It only becomes problematic and a source of suffering when you confuse thinking with who you are.
Eckhart TolleOvernight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.
Clint EastwoodUsually, 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 HanhBreathe in deeply to bring your mind home to your body. Then look at, or think of, the person triggering this emotion: With mindfulness, you can see that she is unhappy, that she is suffering. You can see her wrong perceptions. You can see that she is not beautiful when she says things that are unkind.
Thich Nhat HanhAnger 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 TwainI used to meditate all the time in bed. That was when I was raising my daughter, and I’d get her up and off to school, and then I would go back to bed and meditate. And then I would do the same in the evening, and that was very good for that period because I had so many things to juggle as a single mother.
Alice WalkerSeek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
Francis BaconI’m not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become.
Stephen King