#mindful

We have a right to decide how we want our bodies to look and feel, but unfortunately we do not exercise these rights. Instead, we tend to drift along, victims of our own ignorance of the fact that we can have what we want, if we are willing to take that first step toward developing the self-discipline to govern our thoughts. ↗

— Holly Mosier

#mind-body-connection #mind-body-spirit #mindfulness #purposee #stress-management

I would rather be a conscious wrongdoer than a mindless saint. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#forgiveness #god #god-consciousness #mindful-of-god #piety

Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#health #inspiration #inspirational #mindfulness #suffering

Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#consciousness-raising #inspirational-quotes #joy #letting-go #mindfulness

Respond; don't react. Listen; don't talk. Think; don't assume. ↗

— Raji Lukkoor

#meditation #mindfulness #inspirational

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#breathing #feelings #meditation #mindfulness #freedom

Mindfulness meditation doesn't change life. Life remains as fragile and unpredictable as ever. Meditation changes the heart's capacity to accept life as it is. It teaches the heart to be more accommodating, not by beating it into submission, but by making it clear that accommodation is a gratifying choice. ↗

— Sylvia Boorstein

#meditation #mindfulness #peace #change

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#craving #instinctual #mindful #pausing #potential

The teachings of the Buddha could be summarized in four short sentences. ... [The Buddha] said ... The bad things, don't do them. The good things, try to do them. Try to purify, subdue your own mind. That is the teaching of all buddhas. ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#mindfulness #art

My plate is full; I dig that. And I can't be everywhere all the time, but my mind, heart and spirit has no bounds. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #mindfulness #physicalism #presence