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Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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 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 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 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
Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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
Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama
Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity.
Arthur Jersild
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
Thomas Merton
Compassion is not a sentiment but is an ethical principle that requires action.
Mariah Fenton Gladis
Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
Eric Hoffer
Compassion is the foundation of all forms of spiritual practice.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
Dalai Lama
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
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
Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people.
C. JoyBell C.
Empathy is the key to great stories.
Austin Kleon
Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you're not alone.
Brené Brown
Empathy is like a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble.
Simon Baron-Cohen
Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.
Heinz Kohut
Empathy is the starting point for understanding and accepting diversity and treating each other with dignity and respect.
Unknown
Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.
Nathaniel Branden
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
Self-acceptance is embracing yourself as you are, with all your imperfections.
Diane L. Coutu
Self-acceptance is a powerful tool for personal transformation.
Bryant McGill
When we accept ourselves for what we are, we decrease our hunger for power or the acceptance of others because our self-intimacy reinforces our inner sense of security.
Brené Brown
Self-acceptance is the foundation of a healthy self-esteem.
Judy Belmont
The greatest gift you can give yourself is self-acceptance.
Tina Lifford
Self-acceptance is not about being perfect, but about loving and valuing yourself for who you are.
Deborah Day
Self-acceptance is the key to unlocking the door to your true potential.
Anonymous
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.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is the only moment that truly exists.
Eckhart Tolle
The present moment is the only moment in which we can experience peace.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
Unknown
The present moment is the intersection of time and eternity.
A.W. Tozer
The present moment is where we need to be, not lost in the past or dreaming of the future.
Marie-Claire Wilson
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
Mindfulness practice is simple and completely feasible, says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Just by sitting and doing nothing, we are doing a tremendous amount.
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Mindfulness practice is simple and completely feasible, says Sakyong Mipham. Just by sitting and doing nothing, we are doing a tremendous amount.
Sakyong Mipham
Mindfulness isn't difficult, we just need to remember to do it.
Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness isn't about getting rid of your thoughts, it's about learning to be at ease with them.
Tara Brach
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