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The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Tara Brach
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is a powerful goddess.
Johannes Eckhart
The present moment is the perfect teacher.
Pema Chödrön
The present moment is the only moment that matters.
Dan Millman
The present moment is the only moment in which we can truly live.
Roy T. Bennett
The present moment is the only moment in which we have any power.
Leo Tolstoy
Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won't).
James Baraz
Mindfulness practice means that we commit fully in each moment to be present; inviting ourselves to interface with this moment in full awareness, with the intention to embody as best we can an orientation of calmness, mindfulness, and equanimity right here and right now.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it.
Sylvia Boorstein
Mindfulness is about being fully awake in our lives. It is about perceiving the exquisite vividness of each moment. We also gain immediate access to our own powerful inner resources for insight, transformation, and healing.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.
Pema Chödrön
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.
William James
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Buddha
The little things? The little moments? They aren't little.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t).
James Baraz
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.
Thich Nhat Hanh
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Ram Dass
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.
Pema Chödrön
Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you're not alone.
Brené Brown
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama
Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
Mohsin Hamid
Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
Max Carver
Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.
Brené Brown
Empathy is the antidote to shame. If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in a Petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
Brené Brown
The little things? The little moments? They aren’t little.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness is the ultimate tool for unlocking our full potential as human beings.
Dr. Alok Kanojia
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there.
Deepak Chopra
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Self-care is not selfish or self-indulgent. We cannot nurture others from a dry well. We need to take care of our own needs first, then we can give from our surplus, our abundance.
Jennifer Louden
Love yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Lucille Ball
Self-compassion is simply giving the same kindness to ourselves that we would give to others.
Christopher Germer
The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli
Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.
Unknown
Self-care is how you take your power back.
Lalah Delia
The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.
Diane Von Furstenberg
The mind and body are like parallel universes. Anything that happens in the mental universe must leave tracks in the physical one.
Deepak Chopra
The body is your temple. Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.
B.K.S. Iyengar
The body benefits from movement, and the mind benefits from stillness.
Sakyong Mipham
The body is a multilingual being. It speaks through its color and its temperature, the flush of recognition, the glow of love, the ash of pain, the heat of arousal, the coldness of nonconviction.
Audre Lorde
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
The body is a vehicle for the mind, and when we treat it with respect and kindness, we can transform our lives.
Sharon Salzberg
The body is the bow, asana is the arrow, and the soul is the target.
B.K.S. Iyengar
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
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