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The present moment is the only moment available to us, and it is the door to all moments.
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 past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live.
Buddha
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.
Eckhart Tolle
The present moment is a powerful goddess.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The present moment is a gift. That's why they call it the present.
Unknown
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The present moment is a fresh start, a new beginning.
Unknown
The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Carl Jung
The only journey is the one within.
Rainer Maria Rilke
The better you know yourself, the better your relationship with the rest of the world.
Toni Collette
The more you understand yourself, the more silence there is, the healthier you are.
Maxime Lagacé
The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Aristotle
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The only way to get rid of the pain is to feel the pain.
Brene Brown
The mind is just like a muscle - the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.
Idowu Koyenikan
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
The past has no power over the present moment.
Eckhart Tolle
The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values.
Kilroy J. Oldster
The best way to find balance in life is to align yourself with your purpose.
Lailah Gifty Akita
The key to keeping your balance is knowing when you've lost it.
Anonymous
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.
Roy T. Bennett
When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you.
Lao Tzu
Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.
Nathaniel Branden
The greatest gift you can give yourself is self-acceptance.
Tina Lifford
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
Nathaniel Branden
Self-acceptance is the foundation of a fulfilling life.
Unknown
Self-acceptance is not about accepting status quo. It's about accepting the truth of who you are and committing to support your growth.
Unknown
The only journey is the journey within.
Rainer Maria Rilke
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
Baltasar Gracian
The most important relationship is the one you have 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 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 body never lies.
Martha Graham
The body is the vehicle, consciousness the driver. Yoga is the path, and the chakras are the map.
Anodea Judith
The body is a servant of the mind. It obeys the operations of the mind, whether they be deliberately chosen or automatically expressed.
James Allen
The body is a reflection of the mind. If the mind is clean, clear, and positive, the body will be healthy and strong.
Amit Ray
The body is a living, breathing, thinking, feeling organism, and it is our job to listen to it, understand it, and care for it.
Vani Hari
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.
George Santayana
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.
Steve Maraboli
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.
Coco Chanel
The simplest things are often the truest.
Richard Bach
Simplicity is the essence of happiness.
Cedric Bledsoe
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
James Allen
Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
The mind is everything. What you think you become.
Buddha
The quieter you become, the more you can hear.
Ram Dass
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 mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Plutarch
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela
Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
Brené Brown
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.
Carl Rogers
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.
Albert Einstein
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.
Thich Nhat Hanh
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.
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
The breath is the intersection of the body and mind.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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
Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life.
Giovanni Papini
Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there - buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.
Deepak Chopra
Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
Buddha
Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
Sharon Salzberg
Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you.
Amit Ray
Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Meditation is the secret of all growth in spiritual life and knowledge.
James Allen
Meditation is the only intentional, systematic human activity which at bottom is about not trying to improve yourself or get anywhere else, but simply to realize where you already are.
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Meditation is not a way of escaping reality. It is a way of getting in touch with it.
Maxime Lagacé
Meditation is a way of slowing down and ultimately experiencing the world with greater clarity.
Andy Puddicombe
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher
Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
Jean Baptiste Massieu
Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life - in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.
Sri Chinmoy
Gratitude is a powerful force that can transform your life. When you are grateful for what you have, you will attract more good things into your life.
Unknown
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention.
Rachel Naomi Remen
Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.
Karl A. Menniger
The first duty of love is to listen.
Paul Tillich
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
Peter Drucker
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
Bryant H. McGill
The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'.
Alfred Brendel
The better you listen, the better you become.
Nike
The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.
Sydney J. Harris
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.
Jordan Belfort
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Lao Tzu
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