20 quotes about mindfulness that will help you become truly wise

20 quotes about mindfulness that will help you become truly wise

We accept the events of life and learn to perceive reality without illusions, just as outstanding people of the past and present did.

Conscious approach helps to study the inner processes of world order without far-fetched, rosy dreams. It teaches to perceive life as real and as it really is. Having assessed your capabilities and achievements “here and now”, you can move forward, unfold a plan for change.

Long before the method of mindfulness was officially recognized, prominent figures of science, art, and philosophy discovered this way of knowing the world. Let’s find out how the great ones comprehended wisdom through their sayings.

Be attentive to your thoughts – they are the beginning of actions.

Free your mind from thoughts. Let your heart be still. Calmly watch the turmoil of the world. Watch everything fall into place.

Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher

Statue of Lao Tzu

If you want to change something small in your life, change your attitude, but if you need a big change, change your thinking.

Albert Einstein, German physicist

Albert Einstein

The true strength of man is not in impulses, but in unbreakable calmness.

Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer

Leo Tolstoy

A man can make the way great, but it is not the way that makes a man great.

Confucius, ancient Chinese philosopher

Confucius

Realizing how much good you already have is the foundation of happiness and abundance.

Eckhart Tolle, German writer and philosopher

Eckhart Tolle

Where we are expected, we always arrive just in time.

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian writer

Paulo Coelho

The more love, wisdom, and beauty you discover in yourself, the more you will notice them in the world around you.

Mother Teresa, missionary, educator

Mother Teresa

People take everything so seriously that it becomes a burden to them. Learn to laugh more.

Make life around you beautiful, and let every person feel that meeting you is a gift.

Osho, Indian spiritual leader

Osho

When you appreciate what you have rather than living in search of ideals, then you will truly become happy.

Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

Friedrich Nietzsche

If you expect gratitude for good – you are not giving good, you are selling it.

Omar Khayyam, Persian philosopher and poet

Omar Khayyam

Every morning, when you wake up, start with the thought: “Today I am lucky – I am awake. I have a precious life and I will not waste it.

If a problem can be solved – don’t worry about it. If the problem cannot be solved – it is useless to worry about it.

Dalai Lama, spiritual Tibetan leader

Dalai Lama

Experience is not something that happens to a person. It is what a person does when something happens to him.

Aldous Huxley, English science fiction writer

Aldous Huxley

We can only act in the here and now. Stop wasting such an important and present moment on worries and regrets. Don’t put things off until tomorrow.

Dale Carnegie, American motivational speaker and author

Dale Carnegie

Sympathy is when you like looks, falling in love is when you like looks and character, and love is when you like even the flaws.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

In the mind of a beginner there are many possibilities; in the mind of a master there are few. The secret of art is to always be a “beginner”, to possess a fresh eye.

Shunryu Suzuki, popularizer of Zen Buddhism

Shunryu Suzuki

The only happiness in life is to be always moving forward.

Emile Zola, French writer

Emile Zola

Tell the truth, then you won’t have to memorize anything.

Mark Twain, American writer

Mark Twain