Learn to slow down. Get lost intentionally. Observe how you judge both yourself and those around you.
Tim Ferriss
You are not controlling the storm, and you are not lost in it. You are the storm.
Sam Harris
If there is no meditation, then you are like a blind man in a world of great beauty, light and colour.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.
Anthony De Mello
The best meditation is effortless. The best meditation is a gentle awareness.
Maxime Lagacé
Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.
Allan Lokos
Doing nothing is really hard for us, since we’re such a productivity-driven culture and species.
Naval Ravikant
To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
Eric Hoffer
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
Lao Tzu
The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.
Swami Vivekananda
Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.
Indra Devi
Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.
Eckhart Tolle
Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.
Bryant McGill
I just started with watching my breath and evolved from there.
Naval Ravikant
No effort. You’re just going to sit there and let whatever happens happen.
Naval Ravikant
When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
Ajahn Chah
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
Marcus Aurelius
Life is available only in the present moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mind only thinks, meditation lives.
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
The quiet mind is richer than a crown.
Robert Greene
When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace.
Anonymous
Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.
Swami Vivekananda
By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
Paramahansa Yogananda
Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a candle in a windless place.
Bhagavad Gita
Only the individual transcends.
Steve Maxwell
Life is a mystery – mystery of beauty, bliss and divinity. Meditation is the art of unfolding that mystery.
Amit Ray
Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
James Allen
Many people are alive but don’t touch the miracle of being alive.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The game is not about becoming somebody, it’s about becoming nobody.
Ram Dass
Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.
Buddhist proverb
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
The only difference between meditation and ordinary social interaction is that the friend you’re gradually coming to know is yourself.
Mingyur Rinpoche
Meditation could be said to be the Art of Simplicity: simply sitting, simply breathing and simply being.
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.
Milarepa
Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
Paramahansa Yogananda
No intentions, just be. There can’t be any formula. It’s available to everyone or not at all.
Naval Ravikant
Meditate every single day. Not once in a while. Every single day.
Khensu
Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati